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Bulletin Crook County: Book Discussion with Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve UofC School of Social Service Administration, 969 E. 60th St. Wednesday, May 11, 4:30pm–6:00pm. Free. RSVP required. (773) 702-1250.myssaa.uchicago.edu After countless hours of firsthand research and investigation, legal scholar and author Nicole Gonzales Van Cleve penned Crook County, a damning account of the banal evils […]

Bulletin C$2 A Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State St. Thursday, May 5, 9am–11:30am. (312) 782-2698. RSVP at bit.ly/1X5lxFx. chipublib.bibliocommons.com As the saying goes, the first step is admitting you have a problem. What, then, is to be done with the problem of a poverty “so deep […]

Bulletin Clean Air, Power, and Coal? Chicago Booth Harper Center, 5807 S. Woodlawn Avenue, room 104. Thursday, April 21, 3:30pm–5pm. Free. (773) 702-0627. epic.uchicago.edu. Explore the future of clean energy with Richard L. Revesz, co-author of Struggling for Air: Power Plants and the “War on Coal.” Revesz will discuss how “grandfather clauses” have allowed coal […]

Bulletin From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St. Wednesday, April 6, 7pm–8:30pm. Free. Register in advance at bit.ly/25p2EBc. (773) 583-7884. haymarketbooks.org A concern with race and a concern with class are sometimes presented as contradictory. Academic and activist Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor suggests instead that class power cannot be unsettled until racial […]

Bulletin Donation from Englewood to Flint Make a monetary donation to: Teamwork Englewood, 815 W. 63rd St., 2nd Fl. c/o From Englewood to Flint. For item drop-off locations see: bit.ly/1VQ5zhT. Donations open until Saturday, April 23. (773) 488-6600. englewoodportal.org Multiple organizations in Englewood are calling for action to help vulnerable residents suffering from the public […]

Bulletin The Future of Solar Energy Illinois Institute of Technology, Perlstein Hall, 10 W. 33rd St., Room 131. Wednesday, March 2, 3:15pm–4:30pm. (312) 567-5835. RSVP to Donna Hale (dhale2@iit.edu) or Peg Murphy (murphym@iit.edu). c2st.org Join the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) at a lecture given by Robert C. Armstrong on solar energy and its commercial, technical, […]

Bulletin In This Moment: Liberation and Struggle After Prison Reform Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 S. Cornell Ave. Wednesday, February 24, 6pm–8pm. (773) 324-3520. hydeparkart.org Join a dialogue about ongoing prison and policing reform and visit “Weight of Rage,” an exhibition at HPAC that aims to address the same issues. It features works by men […]

Bulletin Trump as Fascist? Seminary Co-op , 5751 S. Woodlawn Ave. Wednesday, February 17, 6pm–8pm. (773) 752-4381. semcoop.com Spy magazine famously described Donald Trump as a “short-fingered vulgarian” just as the real estate developer was breaking onto the national scene; since then, many descriptors have been tried out for the now-front runner for the Republican […]

Bulletin Discussion with Donna More Institute of Politics, 5707 S. Woodlawn Ave. Wednesday, January 27, noon–1pm. Free. Register for the event at eventbrite.com. (773) 834-4671. politics.uchicago.edu The significance of the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, currently held by embattled incumbent Anita Alvarez, has become much greater after the turmoil surrounding Alvarez’s handling of the Laquan […]