Black Panthers’ legacy, image at issue in feud over historic sites
A push to memorialize the Illinois Black Panther Party on the National Register of Historic Places has advanced to the national level.
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Justice reform groups partner with Vic Mensa’s pot company to provide care packages to people released from jail
The packages are co-branded with the logos of the Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice and the rapper’s cannabis company, 93 Boyz.
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U.S. airlines lose 2 million suitcases a year. Where do they all go?
When luggage and its owner can’t be reunited, airlines sell it to a store in Alabama, where its contents are sold to the public. The result is a grab bag of normal and odd things people travel with.
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Convention for Palestine brings thousands to Tinley Park amid the Israel-Hamas war
More than 4,000 people packed the Tinley Park Convention Center for the 16th annual event that aims to preserve culture and history.
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Chicago’s small-business owners have their day amid the holiday hoopla
Big-box chains still draw the crowds, but many shoppers prefer to support local merchants. They’re getting a push from Chicago-area festivities planned for Small Business Saturday.
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Who was Betty Boop? A new stage musical in Chicago tells a tale of the timeless cartoon creation.
Almost 100 years after Max Fleischer created the character, she remains a wildly popular slice of American pop culture.
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A sinister summer at ‘Saltburn’
We talk to Academy Award winning director Emerald Fennell about her intoxicating new film.
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When Magic Happens: What Are We Binge-watching?
From vintage sitcom marathons to guilty pleasure trash TV, we’re spilling everything we’ve been watching.
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Thousands flock toward Loop for 89th annual Thanksgiving Parade
The award-winning parade returns to Chicago Thursday, starting on State Street from Ida B. Wells Drive until Randolph Street.
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‘A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving’ turns 50 this year. How has it held up?
CBS first aired the televised holiday special in 1973. The message still shines, but some characters and scenes feel a little dated.
