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Returning from Minneapolis and on a roundabout, triangular route to Dubuque, I stopped into RAYGUN, the Midwest’s favorite t-shirt shop,

Movements & Organizing Public Safety

August 23, 2020 Nat M. Zorach

Nice To See You Again: DPD Back in Full Force

Detroit protests have been largely quiet since June. This changed last night when protesters downtown, challenging the new federal law enforcement intervention in Detroit being championed by Mike Duggan, Police Chief James Craig, and US Attorney General William Barr, were met with batons, pepper spray, and tear gas.

Business & Economics Gun Control Movements & Organizing Public Safety

August 10, 2020 Nat M. Zorach

Blood on the Louis Vuitton: Is Looting In Chicago A Referendum On The Zeitgeist?

As Chicago struggles with an epidemic of gun violence, one Gold Coast resident is worried that a looting spree last night on the Magnificent Mile will be used as a pretext for violent crackdowns on the Black Lives Matter movement. This is clearly unrelated to Black Lives Matter. But are not both the looting and the civil rights movement loud referenda on the current state of class relations in America?

Business & Economics Lifestyle

July 10, 2020 Nat M. Zorach

Streaming, Torrents, and Market Fragmentation: Will p2p Filesharing, Unlike The South, Rise Again?

Digital piracy has made a comeback in recent years as the market for content streaming becomes more crowded and more expensive, leading to serious questions about the long-term sustainability of the sector.

Culture & Language Lifestyle

July 9, 2020 Nat Zorach

Handbuilt Summer Reading List

Okay. You’re locked down, quarantined, or unemployed. Stop scrolling mindlessly through the feed and read! It’s a great opportunity to

Art & Design Movements & Organizing Poverty

July 3, 2020 Nat Zorach

Just When We Thought There Was Nothing Left To Gentrify, They Gentrified… Protest Speech?

A big to-do was made about Dan Gilbert’s effort to paint “POWER TO THE PEOPLE” in prominent, white and black

Movements & Organizing Public Health Public Safety

June 29, 2020 Nat Zorach

A Tale Of Two Protests

A screaming couple brandished guns at St. Louis protesters walking past their mansion, while in Detroit, a bootstrapped protest roused a multiethnic, LGBTx crowd to bike around Southwest Detroit.

Gun Control Movements & Organizing Public Safety

June 17, 2020 Nat Zorach

Black Guns Matter: Firearm Culture and the Protest Movement

Guns in protest movements have a long, colorful history. Do they have a place in the modern movement against police brutality and militarization? Nat speaks with Ontario-based firearms enthusiast and scholar AJ Somerset.