Joe Padilla

Daniel Biss joins Pussy Riot to encourage people to vote

March 7, 2018

State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) took an unconventional gubernatorial campaign step when he appeared on stage alongside Russian feminist art collective Pussy Riot on Tuesday. Biss joined activists...

Activists march to Springfield to demand progressive budget, highlight effects of stalemate

May 26, 2017

The schedule is strict and consistent. Every morning since leaving Chicago on May 15, Joe Padilla and Anna Sekiguchi have woken up, swallowed down breakfast and started marching toward Springfield by...

Indie pop band August Hotel blends members’ musical upbringings, stimuli

November 2, 2016

All it took for August Hotel to pick a new name was a stroke of luck and a copy of “The Great Gatsby.” When the members opened the novel on a random page, they selected the first two words that stood...

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