The Chicago Blues Festival brings out the best in the local scene all weekend—and here are a few dozen shows to prove it.

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Matt & Ben imagines the bromance of Damon and Affleck right before Hollywood success (literally) falls in their laps.

Rehana Lew Mirza's Neighborhood Watch traces the growing paranoia of a white progressive living next to a Muslim family.

Importantly, the contract also enshrines academic freedom for nontenure-track faculty, ceases to classify them as at-will employees after they complete their probationary period, and lays the ...