Chicago against ‘Cop City’

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June 8, 2023

How the FBI used ‘Cop City’ protests to snoop on activists in Chicago

Internal FBI documents mentioned “Anarchist Violent Extremists”

by Adam Federman | Read more →

Samantha Irby is midwest fancy
The irreverent author returns with new essay collection, Quietly Hostile.

by Erin Toale | Read more →

Poetic misdirection
Musicians Ray Borchers and Jenny Polus fuse their individual styles in these paintings.

by Dmitry Samarov | Read more →

Being the best Smiley he can be
Octogenarian Chicago guitarist Smiley Tillmon brings his good-time vibes to the Blues Festival.

by Bill Dahl | Read more →

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