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Hannah Steinkopf-Frank
Hannah Steinkopf-Frank is a Chicago-based freelance writer and photographer. Her work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Atlas
Obscura, Bitch Media, the Columbia Journalism Review, JSTOR Daily and Paper Magazine, among others.
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Scabby the Rat Is Under Attack
The Trump era presents unions with a range of new threats to their survival, including the 2018 Janus Supreme Court decision revoking the right of public sector unions to collect dues from... MORE
Working · May 16, 2019
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Chicago’s Elections Brought a Lot of Good News for Progressives—and Democratic Socialists
Rahm Emanuel is gone, and a new crop of left-wing city council members is coming to power. MORE
Views · April 4, 2019
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Illinois Manufacturing Workers Locked Out and Fired for One-Hour Strike
As the sun was still rising last Friday morning, employees from Headly Manufacturing outside of Chicago participated in a 6:00 a.m. hour-long unfair labor practice strike. But when the approximately 25 workers tried to... MORE
Working · March 26, 2019
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“We Demand Food for Thought”: UIC Grad Workers On Strike for Living Wages and Respect
In front of the historic Jane Addams Hull-House Museum on March 19, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) graduate workers began an indefinite strike. The union is joining a national movement of higher... MORE
Working · March 20, 2019
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Why Domestic Workers Are Fighting Like Hell to Stop Brett Kavanaugh
Like many parents, Daniela Contreras woke up last Thursday and helped her daughter get ready for school. But the long-time domestic worker who now organizes with the National Domestic Workers Alliance ... MORE
Working · October 1, 2018
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How Kavanaugh Is Infuriating—And Electrifying—The Grassroots
Allegations are mounting, and so are public protests. MORE
Features · September 26, 2018
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How a 19th-Century Absurdist Playwright Accidentally Predicted Trump
Ubu Roi is newly relevant, thanks to our president. MORE
Culture · April 3, 2018
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Can Hunters and Activists Team Up to Phase Out Lead Bullets?
For centuries, hunters have relied on lead ammunition to quickly and humanely kill game, but with each shot they release a potentially lethal poison into the environment, threatening vulnerable animal populations. While harmless... MORE
Rural America · January 8, 2018
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Emmett Till’s Cousin on Why Mississippi’s Flag Is Still Racist
Edelia “Dr. Jay” Carthan is at the forefront of a movement to remove the Confederate “stars and bars.” MORE
Culture · December 8, 2017
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Lauren Greenfield’s Look at the Children of the New Gilded Age
The creator of The Queen of Versailles on the “hamster wheel of wanting more and more.” MORE
Culture · November 30, 2017