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Siskel Film Center executive director Emily Long: ‘How do we overcome the convenience that exists on the couch?

CHICAGO — Halfway through coffee with Emily Long, the new executive director of the Gene Siskel Film Center, we had a little linguistic misunderstanding. She mentioned an upcoming September Film Center retrospective of banned films, curated by the center’s programming director Rebecca Fons; I heard the word “band,” not “banned,”…

Chicago Tribune · Jul 17, 2023

‘Fighter for freedom’: Kamala Harris praises legacy of the Rev. Jesse Jackson at Rainbow PUSH Coalition convention

Vice President Harris said that when she was in law school in the 1980s, she had a ‘Jesse Jackson for President’ bumper sticker on her car.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 17, 2023

As asylum-seekers struggle while waiting for work permits, Chicago businesses can’t fill jobs

Huberth Espinoza, 65, sat on a bench outside the 5th District police station in Pullman on a Wednesday in late June, waiting to be picked up for work.

Chicago Tribune · Jul 16, 2023

President Biden praises Rev. Jesse Jackson, retiring Rainbow PUSH chief, as ‘extraordinary’ leader

Vice President Kamala Harris is in Chicago on Sunday to speak at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition convention, where Jackson will officially step down as president.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 16, 2023

Bulls Summer League: 3 top performers from win over Wizards

Here are the three top performers from the Chicago Bulls' Summer League win over the Washington Wizards.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 16, 2023

Chicago outdoors: Suburban snapper, Perseid shower, monarchs and Chicago River fish

A big suburban snapping turtle, a note on the Perseid shower, an update on monarch butterflies and the rapid increase of fish species in the Chicago River are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 16, 2023

Michigan Avenue Bridge House sculpture is important to Indigenous history

The frieze sculpture, considered insensitive by many well-meaning people, doesn’t show a “dead Indian.” It depicts Naunongee, a slain Potowatomi chief who died in a battle to protect Native land.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 16, 2023

How will Northwestern’s football hazing scandal affect the university long term? ‘It’s a reputational issue.’

CHICAGO — Repercussions from Northwestern University’s football hazing scandal have thrown the Big Ten school’s athletic department into upheaval in just a matter of days, spurring leadership shake-ups, football recruits decommitting from the team and concerns over possible legal action.

Chicago Tribune · Jul 16, 2023

Paul Sullivan: Like the weather in Chicago, the Cubs’ ‘buy or sell’ mode can change by the minute

CHICAGO — As one of baseball’s most prominent in-between teams, the sub-.500 Chicago Cubs have teetered between being buyers and sellers as the Aug. 1 trade deadline nears.

Chicago Tribune · Jul 15, 2023

15-year-old boy wounded in Chicago Lawn shooting

The boy was in an alley when he was shot in a thigh.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 15, 2023