Aldermen: Honor Ida B. Wells; Rename Balbo Drive

Chicago aldermen have introduced an ordinance to strip the name of an Italian fascist aviator from East Balbo Drive and rename it for Chicago journalist and anti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells. See the story.
Nancy S Bishop

Nancy S. Bishop is publisher and Stages editor of Third Coast Review. She’s a member of the American Theatre Critics Association and a 2014 Fellow of the National Critics Institute at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. You can read her personal writing on pop culture at nancybishopsjournal.com, and follow her on Bluesky at @nancyb.bsky.social. She also writes about film, books, art, architecture and design.