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Capitalism, Class, Inequality

On Cravings, Illness, and Chana Masala

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I’ll be the first to admit that chana masala, like good or even decent pound cake, is best made from scratch but there’s a time and place for that, and a time and place for simply throwing everything into a pot and crossing your fingers that you end up with something edible. 


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Chicago Chronicles Feminism Queer Politics, Culture, and History Reporting

Statue stolen from HBHC Peace Garden again

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A statue commemorating the late Mary York, the lesbian attorney and community activist who died of cancer in 2008, has been stolen from the Howard Brown Health Center ( HBHC ) Peace Garden.


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Chicago Chronicles Queer Politics, Culture, and History Reporting

As Munar leaves, John Peller discusses taking over AFC

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Film, Art, Television, and Media On Books and Publishing

Scabs and the Seduction of Neoliberalism

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If you’re going to be a working writer or any kind of “creative professional,” demand the same kind of respect you would give to someone who fixes your plumbing.  


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Immigration On Books and Publishing

Jacobinned: The Story Behind the Story Jacobin Refused to Publish

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Our work and analyses face the greatest obstacles not from the familiar bogey-man, the Right, but from a Left which is terrified of being called racist because it has painted itself into the corner of identitarianism, where politics is judged solely by the history of oppressions that can be claimed.


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Immigration Labour

“Undocumented”: How an Identity Ended a Movement

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Capital and capitalism flow unimpeded through the body of the “Undocumented and Unafraid” immigrant figure, whose only purpose is to solidify the presence of a benevolent neoliberal state through a litany of affective narratives.


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On Books and Publishing

Scabs: Academics and Others Who Write for Free

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Those who write for free or very little simply because they can afford to are scabs.


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Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

The Refusal to Fuck

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Where are those who move on in life without marriage and children?


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Politics

“Yes, But What’s YOUR Solution?”

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The fact is that there can be no remedy without a proper diagnosis.


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Chicago Chronicles Feminism Immigration

On Malayalam and Melancholia

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Am I melancholy because I am alive, or am I alive because I am melancholy?


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