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Osita Nwanevu

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[Weekly Review]

Weekly Review

Earthquakes strike Japan and Ecuador, Bernie Sanders meets Pope Francis, and the National Weather Service stops writing in all caps

by Osita Nwanevu, on April 19, 2016

Political Correction

By Osita Nwanevu. Nwanevu is a recent graduate of the University of Chicago and the editor of the South Side Weekly.

by Osita Nwanevu,

Choosing Words

"There is this idea that writing beautifully or writing powerfully is somehow separate from clear thinking," says Ta-Nehisi Coates, author of Between the World and Me. "It’s not."

by Osita Nwanevu, on December 9, 2015

[Weekly Review]

Weekly Review

A married couple kill 14 people at a center for the disabled, Chicago’s police chief resigns, and a teenager named Bud Weisser is arrested for trespassing at a Budweiser brewery

by Osita Nwanevu, on December 8, 2015

[Weekly Review]

Weekly Review

Russia drops thermobaric bombs on Syrian antigovernment forces, an independent expert calls the police shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice “objectively reasonable,” and a girl in Texas can’t stop sneezing

by Osita Nwanevu, on October 13, 2015

[Weekly Review]

Weekly Review

The president of Guatemala resigns, the war-crimes trial of Bosco Ntaganda begins, and 32 cockatiels inherit $100,000

by Osita Nwanevu, on September 8, 2015

[Weekly Review]

Weekly Review

The Chinese stock market plummets, the Islamic State beheads an archeologist, and Hamas detains a dolphin for espionage

by Osita Nwanevu, on August 25, 2015

[Weekly Review]

Weekly Review

James Egan Holmes is sentenced to life in prison, an atheist blogger is hacked to death in Bangladesh, and Kermit and Miss Piggy get divorced

by Osita Nwanevu, on August 11, 2015