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I Have Control

A comic by Kera Ling

‘March On’ This: DSW’s Latest Ad Campaign Ruins My Faith In Humanity

Using a social movement to sell shoes is the definition of a #fail.

“Nothing About Us Without Us” Student Activist Voices Concerns, Vision

Euree Kim, activist and SAIC student speaks to their "Nothing About Us Without Us" work to end intersectional racism and ableism on campus and beyond.

Chicagoans Protest in Solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux

Chicagoans gather at Daley Plaza to show solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in protesting controversial pipeline.

Over-Policed, Hyper-Criminalized

How the death of Samuel Dubose and the racial climate of Cincinnatti can teach us about over-policed communities.

Confrontation, Truth, and Staying Woke

Ti-Rock Moore’s controversial show on white privilege and racism at Gallery Guichard.

Slutwalk 2015 Demonstrates Against Rape Culture

Staff photographer Steven Ford reports from Slutwalk, a march against “rape culture”.

Corporations Have Rights, Too

The U.S. Supreme Court cited the Religious Freedom Restoration Act to strike down the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate, exempting Hobby Lobby’s owners from providing insurance coverage for birth control for female employees.

Moral Design from Mexico

The work of architectural collective Somos Mexas.

Chicago’s WPA Art Legacy

50 Years Later, a Community Art Center and Murals in Schools Remain.

Tea, Yerba Mate, Liquor

Damascus has changed, and so have her drinking habits.

Boots On The Ground

Chicagoans march against US intervention in Syria.

Health Insurance, Anyone?

Affordable Care Act to cover low-income, single adults


Low-income residents in Cook County, such as recent graduates and artists, can now receive free, state assisted medical insurance. F Newsmagazine shares the basics, pros/cons and how to learn more.

SlutWalk Chicago 2013

Hundreds of men, women, survivors and supporters gather for the annual protest to fight rape culture.

Interning or Indentured?

The practice of employers hiring unpaid student interns while schools charge tuition for the privilege has become so prevalent. Are the schools to blame?