politics

Jeff Tweedy playing early vote rally supporting IL Representative Lauren Underwood

Ahead of the midterm elections, the Wilco frontman is playing a free show to get out the vote.

Bernie Sanders launches 2020 presidential campaign in NYC & Chicago (Navy Pier pics)

Vermont senator Bernie Sanders launched his 2020 presidential campaign at a pair of rallies over the weekend, speaking at NYC’s Brooklyn College on Saturday (3/2) and Chicago’s Navy Pier on Sunday (3/3).

Good Riddance interviews War On Women ahead of their shows together

War On Women’s acoustic 7” is out this Friday and they’ll be playing acoustic sets at the shows with Good Riddance.

Ilana Glazer hosting "Generator Series" as lead-up to midterm elections

At the Generator Series, Ilana will be “interviewing activists and politicians to see how they each serve us – the people.”

Jawbox guitarist speaks on ex classmate Brett Kavanaugh & frat culture

How directly does Brett Kavanaugh’s prep school behavior relate to DC straight edge and bands like Minor Threat and Government Issue? Going by recent interviews with Jawbox’s Bill Barbot, pretty directly…

Michelle Wolf roasts everyone at the White House Correspondents' Dinner (watch)

Michelle Wolf drew criticism for her White House Correspondents’ Dinner set, where she went in on Democrats and Republicans alike, with particularly barbed remarks for Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Kellyanne Conway.

Chicago Women's March 2018 in pics

The Women’s March returned to cities worldwide in 2018, including Chicago, where attendance this year surpassed the 2017 edition.

NYC Women's March 2018 in pics

Almost a year to the day after the 2017 edition, thousands of people took to the streets of NYC once again on Saturday (1/20) for the 2018 Women’s March. 72nd St and Central Park West was this year’s official starting point, but streets were clogged with marchers blocks away.
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