Chicago like many other big U.S. cities is increasingly marginalizing and pushing out working class and people of color. Sweetheart deals put millions of taxpayer dollars in the pockets of wealthy developers building luxury projects for other well-off and downright …
A City Just for the 1%? Read more »
Jason Tompkins of GenderJust and the Gay Liberation Network’s Bob Schwartz discuss “Pinkwashing,” a propaganda campaign funded by the Israeli government to divert attention from its continuing violation of Palestinian rights behind an image of modernity, signified by Israeli gay …
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Like LGBT’s, undocumented immigrants are all too often treated as political footballs by politicians of both major parties. The Democratic Party claims to stand up to the racism of mainstream Republicanism, but then the Obama administration spent the last three-and-a-half …
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A recent video-taped stabbing in Chicago’s LGBT entertainment district has led to calls to “Take Back Boystown” — racist code words, we believe, against minority LGBT youth who hang out in the neighborhood. Rather than supporting expansion of neighborhood youth …
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Recently a spate of performers who perform what is known as “Murder Music” have emerged in the U.S. music scene. One such band, “Evil Incarnate,” advocates murdering African Americans and gays, and is part of an attempt to rally youth …
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