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Category Archive: Chicago

Neo-Noir in the Post-Suburban City: ‘Thief’ and ‘The Friends of Eddie Coyle’

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No film genre in Hollywood’s golden age was more urban to its core than noir. The word conjures […]

Jason Tebbe October 21, 2019 1970s, 1980s, Chicago, class, film, gentrification, noir, race, suburbanization

The Five Worst Cities in America

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Cities are “back,” as you might have heard, following a long period when urban America was viewed by fearful […]

Clement Lime September 12, 2016 Atlanta, Atlanta Beltline, Chicago, cities, gentrification, street art, suburbanization, subways, the South, Washington D.C.

Vietnam and the 1968 Democratic National Convention at Middle Age: Policing, Protest, and Urban America

Though perhaps more famous for his role as recovering drug addict and Narcotics Anonymous mentor Walon from The […]

Ryan Reft August 25, 2015 1960s, Chicago, policing, Urban History

Chance the Rapper Bum Rushes the Mainstream with a Fistful of Acid

ToM Best of 2013 Did any album capture the contradictions of 2013 better than Acid Rap? The second […]

Alex Sayf Cummings December 31, 2013 Chicago, hip-hop, music

Taking Chances on Chicago’s South Side: Acid Rap and Summer 2013

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Good God this summer’s been hot! Anyone living in the Midwest, Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, or Southeast knows the debilitating […]

Ryan Reft July 24, 2013 African American history, American Studies, Chicago, hip-hop, media, music, Popular culture, race, Uncategorized, urban studies

Waters of Community, Waters of Hostility: The Messy History of Urban America and the Municipal Pool

[Editor’s Note: Just in time for summer heat waves, this is the first in a series of posts […]

Ryan Reft July 15, 2013 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, American Studies, Chicago, class, gender, leisure, New York, Popular culture, sexuality, urban studies, whiteness

Debunking the Mythical Discourse Surrounding Public Housing: Part IV of the UHA 2012

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In ToM’s final installment of its 2012 UHA coverage, our correspondents present a detailed report regarding one of […]

Guest November 14, 2012 1970s, 1980s, academia, Chicago, cities, conferences, Housing, Neoliberalism, New York, Queens, race, transnational history, Uncategorized, urban studies

What’s Really at Stake in the Teacher Strike

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In the last week Chicago’s teacher strike has galvanized debate nationwide about schools, labor, and the so-called “education […]

Guest September 16, 2012 Chicago, class, Education

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