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Partial SNAP benefits expected to reach Illinois residents starting Friday

Partial SNAP benefits for those who were supposed to receive them Nov. 1 through 6 will be sent out starting Friday, the Illinois Department of Human Services told the Sun-Times in a statement.

Too much twerk: How 'Dior parties' are causing a scandal in West Africa Videos of young women dancing in colourful boubou gowns have exploded across social media in West Africa. Dubbed “Dior parties”, the social media trend that originated in Guinea is now stirring contro...

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Heavy Metal: Kwabena Sekyi Appiah-nti's high-velocity portraits of motor-bike culture Across the arterial roads of North and West Africa – from the fringes of Accra’s urban sprawl to the traffic-choked boulevards of Dakar, motorbikes do

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Dazed MENA, issue 02

#FreeWestPapua

Models pose for a photograph during a cocktail after a private fashion show to launch the SS26 collection by Nigerian designer Kanyinsola Onalaja at Onalaja brand during Lagos Fashion Week in Lagos, on October 29, 2025. (Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP)

Model behaviour: A private show of the Spring/Summer 2026 collection of Nigerian designer Kanyinsola Onalaja for her Onalaja brand during Lagos Fashion Week. She describes the collection as ‘daring’ and ‘unique’.

Photo: Olympia de Maismont/AFP

Person on a bike with their lover

Taken by Malick Sidibé, the eye of Bamako 🇲🇱

Many unhoused Chicagoans uncounted among the disappeared - Chicago Reader The Latino Union of Chicago, via its Adopt a Corner initiative, organizes patrols to watch for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal agents at intersections and landmarks wh...

new: at least 26 unhoused chicagoans have been abducted since the start of "operation midway blitz."

the full scope of people disappeared is likely much larger but is obscured by heavy criminalization, social stigma, and fewer eyes and phones around to bear witness.

via @katieprout.bsky.social

A good defense demands offense And what it looks like

I don’t share much from Substack anymore but Dr. Jetelina continues to get it right. I value her deeply and admire her as a colleague and person.

I love just sitting in the dark In the early morning , looking up at the moon

Like the past five years a lot of folks made deals “protected their peace” “got to the bag”

At the expense / disrespect of people

And expect people to be okay with it

And they aren’t

And there are so few convos about it

If you think about it, Hamilton was one of the most regressive moments in the intersection of politics and art. A single play sought to transmute the shame Liberals had for this country’s history into a nationalism falsely informed by new racial mythologies.

In this essay, I will—

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Models in Kru Tappa Cloth 🇨🇮🇱🇷 designed by Miss Zahui

Model in Kru Tappa Cloth Boubou , designed by Miss Zahui 🇨🇮🇱🇷

Today's quick update [Nov 4]:

- Sudan Doctors Network: Dozens of bodies piled up inside homes in Bara (red); RSF prevent families from burying them.

- Bara was seized by RSF on Oct 27.

#KeepEyesOnSudan

These Black Chicagoland organizations are stepping up to fill the gap of the SNAP freeze • The TRiiBE Federal rulings provide hope for food stamp recipients, but benefits will be delayed.

NEW — Firehouse Community Arts Center, based in North Lawndale, is among many who are providing resources around delays in food assistance just ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.

Check out this list for more resources.

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Listen to a Border Patrol agent’s flustered 911 call following a West Side car crash • The TRiiBE Dispatch asked the race of the victim; the agent responded, “Uh, she’s, uh, African.”

NEW — The TRiiBE obtained audio of a 911 call made by a Border Patrol agent to report a crash injuring a 49-year-old Black woman in Chicago.

In the aftermath of the crash, a federal agent was captured on witness video apparently placing a Black man in a chokehold.

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Chicago

US will not send any high-level officials to COP30 Donald Trump, who withdrew from the Paris climate agreement for a second time upon his return to the White House, will not dispatch any top negotiators to the talks, to be held from November 10 to 21 ...

These mfers man …
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Happy All Souls Day Weekend and the official end of #HoodooHeritageMonth

How Native Americans Are Healing Despite Ongoing Settler Colonialist Trauma Native American Heritage Month is a good reminder that settler colonialist trauma never ended for Indigenous communities, which harms mental health.

Like most of my hundreds of published clips with Verywell Mind, this reported story is now only available thanks to Wayback Machine, but I remain grateful to all the Indigenous folx who trusted me with their narratives, as settler-colonialism continues to wreak havoc: web.archive.org/web/20240203...

Outside Chicago—

State police and sheriff's officers at Broadview detention center are out in riot gear.

A large Halloween demo is being prevented from doing a Jericho walk through the intersection.

Arrests of protesters ongoing. Troopers have also assaulted multiple reporters already.

Just did a whole application , assessment and all for them to tell me automatically I’m not hired ….

I can’t wait to learn Bassa mehn

I kinda don’t care what religious or spiritual denomination someone is , there just needs to be underlying Liberation politic/theology/theory frl

YouTube video by THAMM NATAPOHN 18. HARD TO SAY GOODBYE - BEYONCĖ KNOWLES , ANIKA NONI , SHARON LEAL THE MOTION PICTURE DREAMGIRLS

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