Poverty

Articles on current events and politics, including items about the 2000 Republican Convention, the Federal Election Commission, the Pentagon's Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, welfare reform, homelessness, and military action in Bosnia and Kosovo.

Includes articles on campaign finance reform, CIA activities around the world, fiscal austerity measures, free trade policies, Malaysian Trade Unions, urban renewal, the film HEAVENLY CREATURES and a variety of editorials. Written from a largely "leftist" perspective.

A catalog and review of more than 300 motion pictures dealing with social and political issues

A collection of stories and memoirs by the infamous creator of the punk rock zine "Cometbus."

Features on: Mass media's attacks on feminism; journalism ethics scandals; the Sony/Loews Cineplex Odeon lockout of union projectionists; an interview with professor of African-American Studies and Labor Party organizer Adolph Reed Jr.; new meat industry regulation expose by Gail Eisnitz; corporate sponsorship at the Museum of Science and Industry and its effects on exhibits on energy, AIDS, oil, food, and the environment. Published by students at the University of Chicago.

Reflections on the lives of ordinary people by writers from a network of adult education centers all over the city

Monthly then bi-monthly newspaper alerting Chicago to sundry daily curiosities and lifetime questions. It is a free publication with and open call for contributers.

<p>From the introduction: &quot;Poetry as Social Engagement.&quot;</p><p> &quot;Through distilled verse and hard imagery, I expose the effects of our social, cultural, and political practices on the human condition. My poetry explores the twisting of language for both political and personal gain. Growing up in domestic violence taught me about structures of power and dominance, about the use of violence and fear in order to control, and about the role of language in breaking the spirit.&quot;<br /></p>

A varied collection of detailed poems rooted in the Midwest and the mythology and energy in it that goes unnoticed.