Maha Ahmed is a managing editor at South Side Weekly and was a Summer 2016 editorial intern at In These Times. She studies sociology and public policy at the University of Chicago and will graduate in 2017.
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Fight for $15 and the Movement for Black Lives Join Forces on the Anniversary of MLK’s Assassination
Maha Ahmed
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What “TIFs” Are and How They Averted the Chicago Teachers Union Strike
Maha Ahmed