Stories by Maya Schenwar
Maya Schenwar is a Chicago-based freelance writer and an editor for Publications International.
Children who enter the US parentless may undergo a series of harsh trials before they ever reach the courtroom to seek asylum.
Posted on Jun 27, 2008
Maliki concedes that a treaty with the U.S. must be ratified.
Posted on Apr 18, 2008
The coming months may be crucial in determining what kind of "friends" the US and Iraq are going to be over the long haul.
Posted on Apr 7, 2008
Bush and Maliki have been moving forward with negotiations on the terms of their long-term 'cooperation' agreement.
Posted on Feb 23, 2008
Obama and Clinton have shared the same stance on all major Iraq votes since Obama entered the Senate.
Posted on Jan 17, 2008
Bush cuts a deal that will likely retain about 50,000 troops in Iraq over the long term.
Posted on Nov 30, 2007
More blank checks from Congress.
Posted on Nov 2, 2007
How increasingly popular transgender zines are creating community and building diversity in ways that the Internet and the big screen can't.
Posted on Dec 19, 2006
In solidarity with Iraq's acute power shortages, a group of Chicagoans are going on a month-long electricity fast.
Posted on Feb 13, 2006
"I wanted to protest in a way that circumvented this suffocating police control. I wanted to move about freely, interact with people who didn't agree with me, be in charge of my situation."
Posted on Jul 7, 2004