#Chicago

24 minutes into “The Trial of the Chicago 7” and already embarrassed for Sorkin, the cast, the judiciary, radical protest movements, and American history itself The fact that this movie
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I’m so bored ima start a thread reserved for song lyrics & quotes from movies. Enjoy. I FANTASIZED ‘BOUT THIS BACK IN CHICAGO You know you really don't need
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As @heyo__tayo said today if you can help any black and brown youth organizers today IN ANY CAPACIY send us love. Here’s a thread of ways you can send organizers
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With @WatchMarquee airing Game 7 right now, here is a thread of some videos and pics from my night in Cleveland... The calm before the storm... .@kschwarb12 mentally getting prepared
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On April 1st, a 60 year old man in my city of Chicago, a pollworker on March 17th, died of of COVID-19.@GovPritzker @TomPerez @DNC @JoeBiden @SymoneDSanders I promise that I
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But analyzing their collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) shows that police unions are not normal & their contracts are antithetical to justice & even reasonable expectations in the realm of labor
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Very excited to see TANC hosting this incred talk with a former BPP member involved in tenant organizing in Harlem in the mid-60s..but the archivist in me needs to make
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The New York Times ran its story on Trump refusing to commit to a peaceful transfer of power on page A15, Washington Post on A4. Can't tell if or where
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What's your favorite food city? The place you've eaten best. Can be your own, of course. Drowning in replies here but so far New Orleans, Buenos Aires, New York, Barcelona,
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As others have noted, this past week has felt like a replay of Chicago 1968 all across the nation.But it goes much deeper than that. As most people know, the
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#WTOStakeover Hello! I’m @ArturStasiek. For my masters dissertation I examined the conflicted heritage of WWII camps in the Chicago area, which this thread of tweets is based on. My website
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There are some amazing books coming out right now, and authors have been toiling for years to bring them to you.Since you're probably not wearing pants right now, I've asked
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Tennis Pro turns musician & releases single http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC4MJBfZJdI https://www.lovetennisblog.com/tennis-pro-turns-musician-releases-single/ Introducing Brant Buckley, a musician (Berklee College of Music Grad) and
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Wait a damn minute....did somebody say urban legends, #ghoststories and #ResurrectionMary? Do the Millennials know about Chicago's world-famous hitchhiking ghost?Gather round. Below is a 1974 Trib piece by Pulitzer winner
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As a black man living in Chicago, I HAVE to put this on the timeline:The fact that I talk to my friends and say, "I don't think this will be
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Y'all gave us so many donations to support the protesters that our website crashed!It will be back up soon, but this is a good time to suggest some of the
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