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Standing On The Corner performs at Unity Temple in Oak Park, IL. Edited. October 2019. Photo: Christian Thorsberg

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Book banning in U.S. schools has reached an all-time high: What this means, and how we got here

Young people are more anxious about politics than ever. Is that why they’re turning out to vote in 2022?

In FX’s ‘The Bear,’ Italian beef is a means for grief. Here’s how memory and food span science, time and place

Good doge: How the internet adopted the Shiba Inu and gave it a forever home

Will Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro destroy Brazil’s coffee business if he wins re-election?

Little Miss Viral Meme: The rise and fall of the latest ‘remix meme,’ from self-expression to radicalization

Truth Social — Trump’s ‘free speech’ Twitter — is accused of shadow banning: Here’s what that means

Why canceling ‘Batgirl’ doesn’t actually cost Warner Bros. Discovery $90M: The weird world of Hollywood finance

Andrew Tate isn’t just another misogynist with an online following. Here’s why you need to pay attention

The future of AI in music is now. Artificial Intelligence was in the music industry long before FN Meka

D.C. and Marvel Comics have a Hispanic and Latino superhero problem — namely in the way they are represented

Sports betting — a hugely popular, multibillion-dollar industry — is poised to become an American epidemic

Pay transparency laws might be headed to your state. Here’s how they’re working so far

Did Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis break the law by sending migrants from Texas to Massachusetts?

Would U.S. statehood make relief any different for Puerto Rico after disasters like Hurricane Fiona?

A Christian nationalist wave is testing U.S. secularism, overlapping religion and politics like never before

Disrespecting the monarchy might get you censored - or even arrested - in the U.K. right now

Why are some Americans so obsessed with Queen Elizabeth II and the British monarchy?

The Hockey Writers:

New Jersey Devils Alumni Pave Way for South Korean Hockey

Ilya Kovalchuk: A Career Retrospective

Japan Cup & Yokohama Expansion Energize Uncertain Asia League

Traded Devils Paying Dividends for New Playoff Teams

The Progressive Magazine:

The Field Museum’s Renovated ‘Native Truths’ Exhibit Celebrates Contemporary Indigenous Stories

Stories from the Border:

Harry Gamboa Jr. Finds That Single Iconic Frame

WFMT Chicago:

In the Age of the Visual Album, What Can Opera Learn From Beyoncé?

Refuge from Silence: COT, Refugee Orchestra Return to Live Stage

DeYoung and Cheng: A Socially-Distanced Schubert Song Cycle

Seeing Double: Cellist And ‘Twin’ Perform Duet

Anthony McGill’s #TakeTwoKnees Challenge Raises Thousands

STITCH Magazine:

BunnyMan's Special Power Is Kindness

The Aesthetics of Artificial Intelligence

Out From Under Glass: Fashion In Chicago Museums

WNUR Magazine:

Standing on the Corner Hope and Grief Ensemble Orchestra at Unity Temple

Navy Peer:

Serengeti: "Take a shower, take a shave, take a walk."

Nick DeLaurentis: Good Boy

KingTrey Is Not Your Average Joe

Pivot Gang: John Walt Day

Freelance:

Saving Val's Halla

Spencer Tweedy Births "Chicago Service Relief"

Independent Music Industry Workers Come Together During Pandemic