We've all had issues with our parents. It's a rite of passage. But what if your father was Civil Rights activist and "radical lawyer" William Kunstler, who defended some of the most notorious figures of the the second half of the twentieth century: the Chicago Seven (originally the Chicago Eight), members of the Weather Underground, the Attica Prison rioters, and the 1993 World Trade Center bombers? What if your father was the man the New York Times called, "The most hated and most loved lawyer in America"? That's what William's daughters, filmmakers Emily and Sarah Kunstler, explore with their new documentary Disturbing The Universe, which shows this weekend at the Siskel Film Center. The film not only focuses on Kunstler's career - including the Chicago Seven trial via interviews with defendants Tom Hayden and Bobby Seale, local Yippie activist Nancy Kurshan, and trial juror Jean Fritz - but on Kunstler's family life as well and his relationship with his daughters. more ›

A Chicago activist was arrested along with a large group of other protesters in Moscow on Saturday during a gay rights demonstration near Moscow State University. “If...the right to assemble is taken away from lesbian and gay people here in Russia, then other Russians have to fear for their own freedom,” said Andy Thayer, co-founder of the Gay Liberation Network here in Chicago, before police detained him according to a Tribune report. A spokesman for the Moscow police said 40 people were seized, but media reports put the number at 80. more ›