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After two terminations and a public Instagram dispute, the last two eligible employees at Chicago’s celebrated Black-owned newsroom, The Triibe, head to a union vote on March 25.

One TRiiBE, divided? ↗

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Real estate investment trusts, explained

What are REITs—and what do they have to do with immigration jails? ↗

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Growing up in Little Village, Jorge Valdivia’s mother reclaimed her voice through art. Today, he reflects on immigration, gender, and grief against the backdrop of renewed federal immigration enforcement in Chicago, where art is not a luxury but a lifeline.

Paletero bells to whistles: Latine creation is an act of resistance in Chicago ↗

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Matthew Ozawa uses lavish spectacle and heartfelt performances while exploring Puccini's orientalism through VR in this Lyric staging.

Framing a new Butterfly ↗

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“I Dream I Cross the River in One Stride” refuses peripheral viewing, showing a Black femme visual tradition of surrendering to complexity.

After O’Grady ↗

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The artists in “Cataclysmic Ecstasy and Apocalypse: A Presentation of Drawings” navigate the total free fall of entering a digital dark age.

Drawing is magic ↗

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No starry nights - Chicago Reader

No starry nights ↗

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The UI system and Northwestern agreed to scrap programs meant to uplift students and faculty from marginalized backgrounds.

The death of diversity ↗

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