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Somewhere Toward Freedom with Bennett Parten and special guest co-host Jeff Jones
We surely know by now that freedom is more journey than destination, more a summons to struggle than a port-of-call in which to lie down and take s r…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Teaching in Dark Times with Kathryn (Kat) Zamarron
These are tough times for teachers and students, for young people and their families, for immigrant communities, for people of color, for all of us. …
10 months, 1 week ago
About Face: The History of GI Resistance with Aaron Hughes and Arti Walker-Peddakotla
On September 27, 2025 we met up at Pilsen Community Books with Aaron Hughes and Arti Walker-Peddakotla of About Face: Veterans Against the War, a dyn…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Revolution & the Art of Creating the World with Zayd Dohrn & Lisa Lee
On Monday, September 29th the National Public Housing Museum in collaboration with the Goodman Theatre hosted a conversation between Lisa Lee, the fo…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
After Katrina: What We Stand to Lose with Kristen Buras
When Hurricane Katrina roared up the Gulf of Mexico and slammed into the Coast in August, 2005, the devastation was just beginning. The government wa…
1 year ago
The Ghost of White Supremacy with Emile Suotonye DeWeaver
The speed at which a fascist government can disrupt, dismantle, and destroy on its way to building a full-blown fascist society is breathtaking. Resi…
1 year ago
Family Policing with Erin Miles Cloud
Just as the US Department of Defense should change its name back to the more accurate and honest War Department—its true function and its title from …
1 year, 1 month ago
Trapped in Reality, Walking Toward Freedom with Vijay Prashad
The severe challenges and unforeseen possibilities facing humanity today cry out for clarity. We need it all: poetry and politics, art and the people…
1 year, 1 month ago
Remembering Red Summer with Franklin Cosey Gay and Peter Cole
In 1922 a commission made up of prominent citizens—six Black men and six white men appointed by the governor of Illinois—issued a report about the 19…
1 year, 2 months ago
Lost and Found, in Translation with Frank Wynne
If you were ever an enthusiastic reader of “Calvin and Hobbes,” “Peanuts,” “Blondie,” “Doonesbury,” or the “Boondocks,” you have a treat coming your …
1 year, 2 months ago