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Capitalism, Class, Inequality

What’s REALLY Weird About This iPhone Story?

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iPhones are apparently the Beanie Babies – remember them? – of the phone world.


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Chicago Chronicles Feminism Prison industrial complex Queer Politics, Culture, and History Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality Reporting

Angela Davis on Guns, Violence, and History

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Prison abolitionist and activist Angela Davis was in Chicago Sept. 7, as the keynote speaker at “Bending the Arc,” a new symposium series in honor of late civil-rights attorney and activist Robert Howard.


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Updates

Summer Update

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Chicago Chronicles Hate Crime Legislation Prison industrial complex Queer Politics, Culture, and History Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality Reporting

Event looks at Trayvon Martin case through queer, feminist eyes

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In the wake of the Trayvon Martin verdict, Chicago has seen several public events and workshops exploring its aftermath. On Aug. 15, queer and feminist scholars gathered at the famous Hull House for a panel titled, “Transformative Justice and The Trayvon Martin Case: A Consideration.”


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Prison industrial complex Queer Politics, Culture, and History Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

Bars For Life: LGBTQs and Sex Offender Registries

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“Within the next couple of years, we’re going to have a million sex offenders, people found guilty or who plead guilty. That’s an enormous population we’re going to isolate from mainstream society.”


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Chicago Chronicles Prison industrial complex Queer Politics, Culture, and History Reporting

Activists protest sexual abuse of incarcerated youth

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On July 30, approximately 50 people gathered outside the Bilandic Building, 160 N. LaSalle St., to participate in a silent protest against the sexual abuse of incarcerated youth. The event, which began at 8:30 a.m., was scheduled before the Illinois House Restorative Justice Committee held a hearing in response to response to a recent Department […]


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Queer Politics, Culture, and History Reporting

Queer: What is it good for? Language and the LGBT movement

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The word “queer” has been around since the 16th century and at first meant simply something out of order, mis-aligned, with occasional references to mental disorders. Over the years, it gradually took on a term of abuse directed at those considered sexually deviant.


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Capitalism, Class, Inequality Immigration Queer Politics, Culture, and History

Romancing the Border: Or, Making (Self) Deportation Sexy

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Stop buying this bullshit, people, and start asking the hard questions.


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Chicago Chronicles Feminism Queer Politics, Culture, and History Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality Reporting

Alice Walker discusses books at Women and Children First event

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Literary icon and celebrity Alice Walker was in Chicago on July 1 to promote two new books. She appeared as part of the summer program at Women and Children First (WCF) bookstore. Though sponsored by the bookstore, the event was held at the First Free Church, 5525 N. Ashland. The venue had been changed from […]


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Queer Politics, Culture, and History

Jason Collins and How It Actually Might Not Get Better

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Collins’ statement hits every perfect gay note, charting an upwardly progressive coming out narrative fit for Hallmark and Hollywood.


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