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Kari Lydersen
Kari Lydersen, an In These Times contributing editor, is a Chicago-based journalist whose works has appeared in The New York Times, the Washington Post, the Chicago Reader and The Progressive, among other publications. Her most recent book is Revolt on Goose Island. In 2011, she was awarded a Studs Terkel Community Media Award for her work. She can be reached at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
Lydersen is the author or co-author of three books: Out of the Sea and Into the Fire: Latin American-US Immigration in the Global Age; Shoot an Iraqi Art, Life and Resistance Under the Gun (co-authored with Wafaa Bilal), which she was recently named a ‘Best Book of 2008’ by Booklist; and Revolt on Goose Island: The Chicago Factory Takeover, and What it Says About the Economic Crisis.
Lydersen, a former staff member of the Washington Post‘s (now defunct) Chicago bureau, teaches journalism at Columbia College and the School of the Art Institute. Her work can be read at www.karilydersen.com.
Most Recent Articles
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Features
A New Era for Worker Ownership, 5 Years in the Making
The New Era Windows Cooperative opens its doors (and windows) for business. more »
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Working
Columbia College Chicago’s Adjunct Faculty Poised to Strike
Unionized adjunct faculty at Columbia College Chicago appear poised to go on strike for the first time, with more »
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Working
Mining Giant Sued Over Silicosis Epidemic
This week, the British High Court of Justice will decide whether to allow a lawsuit to more »
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Working
More Blood on the Tracks
Louis Moore, 58, was working overnight on subway tracks in Astoria, New York City when he fell from a more »
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Features
Blood on the Tracks
Railway whistleblowers get some federal protection at last. more »
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Features
Los Mineros’ Leader-in-Exile
From Canada, Napoleón Gómez Urrutia seeks justice for the deaths of 65 miners. more »
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Features
Chicagoans Flood Streets To Protest ‘Racist’ School Closings
City leaders' plan to close 54 public schools, primarily in black communities, was met with defiance. more »
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Working
Inspired by Teachers and Janitors, Security Officers Take Fight to the Streets
On Saturday, Chicago's Teamster City thrummed with the sounds of a high school marching band, the young more »
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Working
Chicago Police Sergeants Reject Rahm’s Offer
The Chicago Police Sergeants Union is one of the city’s smaller public unions, with only 1,178 members. more »
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Uprising
‘Let’s Run Amok in This Pit’: For Anne Scargill, The Fight Goes On
BARNSLEY, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND—When Anne Scargill looks out from her front porch, she sees hamlets of brick... more »
