Dispatch from the Humboldt Park neighborhood, a Puerto Rican community on Chicago’s North Side. Underclassmen on the baseball team at Roberto Clemente Community Academy typically get a nickname. There’s Bolo, Bebo and Big Baby. Senior Isiah Santos, “Big Baby” himself, … Continue reading Sights & Sounds: Clemente walks it off on Senior Day
The start of the Major League Baseball season has proven that everything really is bigger in Texas. The Texas Rangers failed to account for the ongoing pandemic when they packed at least 38,000 fans inside Globe Life Field for the … Continue reading Texas is toast — and baseball doesn’t care
March Madness knows how to stage a feel-good moment. UCLA’s Johnny Juzang looked speechless when his brother Christian, a former Harvard basketball player, suddenly appeared outside the team’s hotel. Johnny’s big brother made the 25-hour flight from Vietnam to surprise … Continue reading Even in defeat, Johnny Juzang is this year’s March Madness hero
Spit Balling is a quirky and eclectic sports podcast with a radical ethos. Redacted Magazine editors Mack Liederman and Jane Shin Agler consider the world around the games we play. Using multidisciplinary perspectives, they’ll talk about the artsy, academic and … Continue reading Redacted Magazine releases first episode of ‘Spit Balling’ podcast
DoorDash Diaries is a confessional cry-for-help from two Chicago-based millennials — stuck at home during the pandemic. Mack and Kayla are inclined to eat as much internet delivery food as humanly possible, and live to tell you about it. They’ll give you no-bullshit ratings of the city’s most eclectic cuisines from the DoorDash app, so you … Continue reading DoorDash Diaries: The pleasure and plight of Portillo’s
Video created by Mack Liederman and Courtney Kueppers Continue reading ‘We are essential’: Laugh Factory’s doors remain closed
Objectivity has never been ethical. Objectivity has never been racially equitable. Objectivity has never really been, well, objective. As Americans continue to reflect inward on the country’s enduring white supremacy, journalists are having to reconsider their own Golden Rule. For … Continue reading Let’s rethink objectivity
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