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The ‘Difficult Decisions’ SAIC Faces 
The ‘Difficult Decisions’ SAIC Faces 

Budget strain leads to layoffs, fewer classes

The ‘Difficult Decisions’ SAIC Faces 

Budget strain leads to layoffs, fewer classes

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‘Nonmonogamummy’ is the new ‘Feminimenomenon’

Lily Allen's "West End Girl” gives us a return to form and a reckoning on the slow collapse of a marriage

The ‘Difficult Decisions’ SAIC Faces 

Budget strain leads to layoffs, fewer classes

News in Brief: Global and Domestic Turmoil

Violence, lawsuits, and recent Trump activity

Print Edition

December 2025

News

News in Brief: Global and Domestic Turmoil

Violence, lawsuits, and recent Trump activity

California College of the Arts to Close After the 2026-2027 School Year

The Bay Area loses another arts touchstone despite 2025 donations

News in Brief: January 9, 2026

This brief discusses Gaza's December, Vanity Fair's White House Portraits, Operation Midway Blitz, and more

SAIC

In the Gutters With Jeffrey Brown

Focusing on humor and heart

In the Gutters With Johnny Sampson

“Despair. Futility. Stupidity. Ignorance.”

The ‘Difficult Decisions’ SAIC Faces 

Budget strain leads to layoffs, fewer classes

In The Gutters with Sam Sharpe

"I think comics are the most versatile medium that's ever been created"

Opinion

Letter to the Editor: A Plea for Free Radio

I’m an alum of SAIC (2022) and I saw your recent piece about the staff that SAIC laid off. I was extremely saddened to...

Found in Translation

Why everyone should learn another language

The Freak Show: Now You See Me

Invisible disabilities and their invisible work

Mayor Johnson’s Papercuts

Proposed mayoral budget cuts hit libraries hard

Arts & Culture

In the Gutters With Jeffrey Brown

Focusing on humor and heart

In the Gutters With Johnny Sampson

“Despair. Futility. Stupidity. Ignorance.”

A Piece of Sky in my Pocket

The MCA’s “Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind” takes something from you, but you will not leave empty-handed

In The Gutters with Sam Sharpe

"I think comics are the most versatile medium that's ever been created"

Entertainment

‘Nonmonogamummy’ is the new ‘Feminimenomenon’

Lily Allen's "West End Girl” gives us a return to form and a reckoning on the slow collapse of a marriage

Loving the Monster: Meet Your New Monstrous Video Game Valentine

14 f***able creatures, horrors, and ghouls you can virtually romance

Light in the Basement

Notes from Chicago’s Underground

Literature

Hygge Winter

How I handle December as a Chicago-raised Icelander

The Mango Seed

A prose poem about migration and growth

Comics

Cursed Juul

You're cut off!

Bundled Up

Braving the cold

Multimedia

F News Amplified: Transexuals VS The End of The World: Ep. 3 – Ask a Punk

A podcast about punk, punk shows, and how to find them

F News Amplified: Transexuals VS The End of The World: Ep. 2 – Mixdown

A podcast about the Big Beautiful Bill and the use of AI

F News Amplified: Transexuals VS The End of The World: Ep.1 – Toga Party

Discussions of home, community, and transexuality

No Kings in Chicago, No Kings in America

Chicagoans join millions in protesting against Donald Trump

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