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Fiction: Maxine

"WELCOME TO Neil Armstrong's Giant Leap for Mankind Pancake House. My name is Mitch and I will be your server this morning." Fiction by Matt Gajewski

Sonnenzimmer: the shoestring portrait

In this video portrait, Nick and Nadine of Chicago print shop Sonnenzimmer talk about the the power of collaboration, the struggle to break even, and the importance of independence

New-Fashioned Unions: A Profile of Arise Chicago

For the first time in more than 50 years organized labor is making a comeback, as Worker Center communities lend a voice to low-wage and immigrant workers

Underground, Overground: the State of Zines Today

As print magazines die, zine publishing continues to thrive

Punk for Hope

On the scene at the Harvest for Hope festival

Shopping for Treatment

Cancer ‘Customers’ Find Better Deals Abroad



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