by TAMARA PEARSON I’m squatting on a round piece of concrete, and a 72-year-old man is sitting in the gutter, his walking stick beside him. He tells me that after being deported from the United States, […]
by ROB URIE Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair It has been an article of faith during recent crises that temporary measures must be taken to bring about a return to normalcy, at which point a longer […]
by PAUL STREET Photograph Source: AudreyLynneShares – CC BY 2.0 Recently in an online urban studies discussion, a young white man expressed his desire for his fellow Chicagoans and Americans more generally to get over all this […]
by PETE DOLACK Photograph Source: Simon Bowie – CC BY 2.0 Amidst all the talk about if the global Covid-19 pandemic will lead to an opening for socialism, or at least a reduction in the grip of […]
by PAULA GREEN The Secretary General of the United Nations issued a plea to the countries of the world to declare an immediate ceasefire. “The fury of the virus illustrates the folly of war,” he said. […]
“STANDARD OF CARE” FIRED FOR USING HIS INTELLIGENCE Dr Cameron Kyle-Sidell, trained in emergency medicine and critical care, was removed from his job as a supervising physician in an ICU in a Brooklyn hospital. What […]
DALE SPRUSANSKY U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaking during the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference in Washington, DC. (MICHAEL BROCHSTEIN/SOPA IMAGES/LIGHTROCKET VIA GETTY IMAGES) Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, May 2020, […]
WALTER L. HIXSON This White House photo shows President Bill Clinton (c) meeting with Israeli and Palestinian negotiators on July 24, 2000 at Camp David, MD. When the meetings collapsed, Clinton and his AIPAC-spawned negotiator […]
by CHARLES PIERSON Photograph Source: kelly bell photography – CC BY 2.0 Thumbing their noses at both government directives and the coronavirus, right-wing protestors have been massing at state capitols in Michigan, Minnesota, Virginia, and Texas to […]
by SONALI KOLHATKAR The COVID-19 pandemic has brought into stark relief the inequalities baked into the U.S.’s capitalist system—one that deems nurses and grocery workers “essential,” but leaves them with just as few rights and privileges […]