John Lillig

4,500+ Starbucks baristas across 150+ cities have shut down hundreds of stores, blockaded distribution centers, and disrupted corporate operations with a level of militance rarely seen in the U.S.… Heat The Ground Up with Starbucks Workers United

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Heat the Ground up

Join us for a discussion on how the historic @sbworkersunited.org strikes were organized. With @inthesetimes.com and @labornotes.bsky.social.

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New transport assessment sparks hope for Wisbech to March rail revival The Wisbech to March railway line, opened in 1847, was once a vital corridor for passengers and freight

The Wisbech to March railway line, opened in 1847, was once a vital corridor for passengers and freight | John Elworthy

The roots of ‘We Shall Overcome’ lie in Maryland’s Eastern Shore Charles Albert Tindley, who wrote the lyrics to more than 50 gospel hymns, including what became the civil rights anthem “We Shall Overcome” was molded on the country roads of Worcester County in...

Did you know the roots of ‘We Shall Overcome’ lie in Maryland’s Eastern Shore?

Yeah, I'm *definitely* voting for Stratton now

YouTube video by Steve Earle - Topic Rich Man's War

"It's just another poor boy off to fight a rich man's war."

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Exclusive | Classified Report Finds Kristi Noem Created Security Vulnerabilities at Airports The Homeland Security secretary’s handling of an issue related to allowing travelers to keep shoes on at checkpoints fits pattern that has alarmed some national-security officials.

Breaking WSJ:

Kristi Noem for months failed to appropriately respond to the findings of an internal watchdog that one of her biggest changes to airport security—allowing passengers to pass through screening checkpoints with their shoes on—is creating "significant" security risks.

Wow

When Will Singular Artist Edgar Miller Finally Get His Due? Miller, a true Chicago original, has been called the city's "forgotten Renaissance man." A new graphic novel seeks to tell his story, highlighting two of the remarkable "handmade homes" that give spar...

For New City, Hugh Iglarsh looks at the life and work of extraordinary, totally individual architect/artist Edgar Miller, and a new graphic novel that makes him its subject.
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TONIGHT! Join us for our free panel with @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social celebrating the publication's 10 years. Panelists will discuss what makes a good review, the importance of book coverage these days, and how you can improve your chances to get your work reviewed.

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Modernist 79th Street dry cleaners featured in film 'Ali' and Chance the Rapper's video set to close The closing creates an uncertain future for one of Chicago's most unique modernist sites — an absolute showstopper of a building with its original sign, neither of which are under city landmark protec...

My architecture column today. "Pride Cleaners closing creates an uncertain future for one of Chicago’s most unique modernist sites — an absolute showstopper of a building with its original sign, neither of which are under city landmark protection."

911 calls capture kids burning with fever, struggling to breathe at ICE detention center EMS crews were called to the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas at least 11 times since September for children in medical distress, records show.

NEW: We obtained 911 audio from the Texas detention center housing hundreds of immigrant kids and their parents.

Since mid-September, EMS crews have been dispatched to Dilley at least 11 times to treat children in medical distress.

Burning fevers. Low oxygen. Seizures. A broken leg.

My report:

Deliveries continue! 🚗 Next week, we'll have a map available with pick-up locations across Cook County. Can't wait for a print copy of the judicial election guide? Check out the digital version here: buff.ly/6PNez5g

There's a lot of bogus "my opponent supports ICE" ads out there. The thing with Raja is, it's not that he is a secret MAGA; he is simply A-OK with the government heavy-handedness of ICE pre-2025, and with the surveillance state desired by Palantir & the Republican tech bros who fund him.

Green party wins Gorton and Denton byelection, pushing Labour to third place in blow to Keir Starmer Hannah Spencer elected as party’s first MP in northern England, as Labour sees a 25.3% drop in vote compared to 2024 The Green party has pulled off a landmark victory in the Gorton and Denton byelection in a significant blow to Keir Starmer. Hannah Spencer, a local plumber and Green party councillor, was elected as the party’s first MP in northern England after overturning Labour’s 13,000-vote majority. Continue reading...

Green party wins Gorton and Denton byelection, pushing Labour to third place in blow to Keir Starmer

INTRODUCING! Hannah Spencer The new Green MP for GORTON & DENTON Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

Introducing Hannah Spencer MP 💚

Hannah Spencer has become the fifth Green MP as the party claim their first ever Westminster by-election win 👏

Spencer beat Reform's Matt Goodwin by more than 4,000 votes, whilst Labour finished third in the seat they had previously held.

I believe that this may have been the location for the former Sip & Bottle, where William Friedkin worked in his adolescence for his Uncle Harry, the owner, per a 1993 article in the @chicagotribune.com

The @edgarmillerart.bsky.social exhibit there was fantastic.

Chicago’s DePaul Art Museum to Close After 40 Years The DePaul Art Museum will close after 40 years amid substantial financial challenges at its parent university, which has initiated layoffs.

$42 million for a basketball training facility destroying local housing, not a dime for art. $850 MILLION for Northwestern's new vanity stadium. Loyola demolishing a building housing local businesses. Ethical bankruptcy, thy name is higher education, 2026.
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$100M project to restore historic Hotel Florence in Pullman A $100 million project will revive the historic 145-year-old neo-Gothic Hotel Florence in industrialist George Pullman's worker community on Chicago's far South Side.

$100M project to restore historic Hotel Florence in Pullman
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Bobby J. Brown, Actor on ‘The Wire,’ Dies at 62 in a Fire He also appeared in other TV projects for David Simon, including ‘Homicide: Life on the Street,’ ‘The Corner’ and ‘We Own This City.’

This is heartbreaking. Bobby was a gracious pro and quiet charmer who worked on everything we did in Baltimore. To correct, his Wire character was fictional and apart from the real Bob Brown who served in the Western, but there's no soul he couldn't compass.
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A crucial read for all Illinois voters!!

For an excellent look at the unannounced closure of this mill and its effect, still felt, on the neighborhood, watch Chris Walley's doc 'Exit Zero'
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YouTube video by The Tubes - Topic She's A Beauty

She's a beauty
She's a one-in-a-million girl
She's a beauty
Why would I lie?
Why would I lie?

- The Tubes

It’s going to sound quaint, but the best way to resist an AI takeover of the humanities is to assign physical books, sit around, read them, and argue about ideas. Academic has become such a competitive arena, that we ourselves are trained to look for the winning angle, instead of the best education.

Primanti Bros. closes Baltimore-area location less than 2 years after opening The chain, known for its french fry stacked sandwiches, opened in the spring of 2024 in Linthicum Heights.

Primanti Bros. closes Baltimore-area location less than 2 years after opening

My guess is that Donald Sutherland and Sutherland Macdonald would get along.

Why Is The Cook County State's Attorney Prosecuting Nonviolent ICE Protesters? A Block Club investigation found dozens of protesters arrested by state police are still facing criminal charges for minor infractions, such as sitting on a concrete barrier — even after Gov. JB Pritz...

“The reports contain few details about each arrest. When they do, the accounts are sometimes at odds with body-camera footage.”

Great reporting about the avalanche of charges levied against nonviolent protesters at the Broadview ICE detention center:

They gave me a parking ticket there so I know the municipality exists.