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Chicago Reader employees organized a rally Thursday in front of a co-owner's Lakeview East home to “make some noise” and push him to let the alternative weekly transition to a nonprofit.

Lee V. Gaines is an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Reader, Chicago Magazine, Crain’s, the Pacific Standard and the Marshall Project. She also recently completed a fellowship with Chicago non-profit journalism lab, City Bureau.

On Thursday, May 26, 2022 at 8:00PM at Roulette Intermedium, the International Contemporary Ensemble will present Fay Victor's SIRENS AND SILENCES - marking the debut performance of Victor's work in a concert with the Ensemble after joining as a new, permanent Ensemble member in the summer of 2021 - and the world premiere of Kate Gentile's biome ii.

The Chicago Reader Union will rally this Thursday to demand that co-owner Leonard Goodman authorize the publication’s nonprofit status. Goodman has been blocking the sale since 2021. Goodman, a criminal defense lawyer and an adjunct professor at DePaul’s College of Law, bought the Reader under Leonard C. Goodman’s Institute for Investigative Reporting in 2018. He...

A writer and researcher on urbanism and public policy

The publication's transition to a nonprofit stalled four months ago. Co-owner Elzie Higginbottom said the situation is "dire."

Last week, The Atlantic staged a gathering of journalism "elites" under the guise of addressing the claimed problem of false narratives in media to preserve our nation. Entitled the University

Sitting at their orange, lightning bolt print desk, Adam Rhodes turned on their computer to see their dog, Hibachi, on the screen. While this is an ordinary occurrence for them, this week was the last time they would do that as a reporter for the Chicago Reader. After being with the publication since August 2020,...

Chicago Police Supt. David Brown filed administrative charges last month against three officers involved in the arrest, setting in motion disciplinary proceedings slated to start Tuesday.

Store surveillance footage shows the Chicago melee lasted almost five minutes.