It’s 5:15 p.m. on a Thursday evening in Chicago’s downtown Loop. Hoards of business people dressed in suits and loafers flood the streets en masse. Some of the flock forges west toward…
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Red Star Bulletin Issue #19
Welcome to the 2021 Budget Issue (#19) of the Red Star Bulletin! The…
Bob Reiter’s Defense of Mike Madigan is Indefensible
There was no reason for Madigan to suspect it was over. After all,…
I Urge You To Vote No On This Malicious Budget
This is the written version of the public comment given by Catlyn Savado…
Sex Work in the Age of COVID-19
In 2020, during the height of COVID lockdowns and layoffs, online sex work…
Treatment Not Trauma: An Interview With Alderman Rossana Rodriguez
Rossana Rodriguez is a theater professional, former teacher, and member of Chicago’s chapter…
The Insidiousness of Networking
It’s not what you know, it’s who you know is perhaps the most…
Politicians Are Clowns, But The Circus Is Capitalism
Rod Blagojevich is a clown. As the Trump campaign desperately tries to find…
Soy un Chavista: For the Clean Break, Against the Dirty Break
Moments into the first presidential debate, Trump accused Biden and the Democrats of…
Full Abolitionism — The Highest Stage of Socialism
The combination of despair at the U.S. government’s refusal to address the COVID-19…
Chicago DSA Goes Viral: An Interview with Sean Estelle
You recently had a video of a protest in downtown Chicago go viral.…
A Tangled Web: The Cruelty of For-Profit Health Insurance
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed the weaknesses and dysfunction plaguing multiple realms of…
Every President Has Been Bad But Here Are The Five Worst
Picking the five worst presidents of all time is a hard job. For…
In the Time of Monsters
There are times when a victory is a failure. For Democrats, this is…
For Illinois to Survive, Progressives Must Bury Madiganism
The last few weeks have shattered Illinois’ hopes of making an economically sensible…
To Transform Chicago, We Must Pledge To Grow CDSA
We will need to organize either way. This week's election, like every election…
It’s Time to Abolish The Electoral College
The Electoral College There’s no doubt that the electoral college is an undemocratic…