Save the date! July 20 @ the Harold Washington Library for a conversation about Country and Midwestern, and a special performance by musicians who introduced bluegrass to Chicago in the early 70s: Greg Cahill, Marc Edelstein, Don Stiernberg, Chris Walz. https://t.co/ZIkXLamq2I
A man who has served more than 34 years of a 400-year prison sentence has been released after the state of Florida reinvestigated the case and determined he did not commit armed robbery. https://t.co/06WaKg6DJB
@gonzalodelriov It's not insulting. It has to do with the perception of age. "Miss" is what everyone calls you when they can't tell your age ... "ma'am" is "we no longer need to card you/you're way past legal."
Good news for everyone interested in spending less time working: The largest four-day-workweek study to date suggests that employees who work a shorter week are just as if not more productive than their five-day-a-week counterparts https://t.co/QVQEmYP0Y1
Any journalist, no matter who you work for, should be alarmed/saddened/disgusted by the image of President Biden fist-bumping MBS, giving the murderer of Jamal Khashoggi the validity and respect he does not deserve in this life.
RIP Tony Sirico. Legendary. Silvio’s best buddy “Paulie Walnuts” in The Sopranos, Frankie “The Fixer’s” older brother Antonino “Father Tony” Tagliano in Lilyhammer. A larger than life character on and off screen. Gonna miss you a lot my friend. Deepest condolences to the family.
We cannot let what happened in Highland Park happen again. We cannot spare another innocent life. Families across the country are counting on us. It’s time to reinstate a ban on assault weapons.
My son Dylan was shot at least five times in his classroom at Sandy Hook Elementary. He died at just 6 years old. Yet in the years since, not nearly enough has been done to save lives like Dylan’s. Sign our petition demanding action to prevent school shootings. – Nicole