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Photography by ThoughtPoet
Posted inActivism, Community Organizing, Latest, Photo Essay

Juneteenth: What is a holiday compared to a life?

by Chima Ikoro and ThoughtPoet June 23, 2021June 25, 2021
Posted inCover

Resisting Eviction

by Gerri Fernandez February 3, 2021February 12, 2021
Posted inLit

Sestina for the Looting of the Black Body

by AV Benford June 9, 2020June 10, 2020
Posted inArchitecture

Documenting the Past

by Martin Gonzalez April 28, 2020
Posted incoronavirus/COVID-19

Almost-Empty Streets

by Sebastián González April 14, 2020April 14, 2020
Posted inArts Issue 2020

Documents of Resistance

by Jacqueline Serrato March 3, 2020March 18, 2020
Posted inPhoto Essay

Chicago Votes Celebrates Its 2019

by Ryan Rosenberger and Keeley Parenteau January 7, 2020February 5, 2020
Posted inArcher Heights, Bridgeport, Brighton Park, Bronzeville, Chinatown, Englewood, McKinley Park, Midway, Photo Essay, Pilsen, South Loop

All Aboard the Holiday Train

by Erin Dickson December 26, 2019February 28, 2020
Posted in1919

Commemorating Chicago’s Red Summer of 1919

by Pat Nabong November 19, 2019February 5, 2020
Posted inArchitecture

Excerpt: Southern Exposure

by Lee Bey November 5, 2019February 28, 2020

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