Interview with John Fritchey [18 February, 2009]
Democrat John Fritchey is currently the 11th District State Representative. He’s also among the many candidates seeking to fill Rahm Emanuel’s recently vacated seat in Illinois’s Fifth Congressional...
View ArticleGays tackle Burris pick [1 February, 2009]
Governor Rod Blagojevich recently announced that he was appointing Roland Burris to the Senate seat previously occupied by President-elect Barack Obama. The move has generated controversy, censure...
View ArticleBlagojevich and gay politics [17 December, 2008]
Illinois voters were stunned this past week by the news of Governor Rod Blagojevich being arrested on corruption charges. Along with his chief of staff John Harris, who has since resigned,...
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Election 2012: Eyes Wide Shut
I dread the prospect of hundreds of panels on the same topics: “Will we ever again have a Black President?” or “Are we now PRE-racial?”, as if the problem were with the racial identity of a...
View ArticleUndocumented vs. Illegal: A Distinction without a Difference
In representing only the good immigrants, undocumented activists are literally and metaphorically the dream activists of neoliberalism, emphasising individualised narratives about freedom over systemic...
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