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Keeping on Vigilant

Between these sunny summer days, the occasional outings with friends and family, and daily jaunts to the gym, I unlock my phone to witness images of…

May 27, 2024 •

DePaul and UChicago’s Pro-Palestinian Student Encampments on Chicago’s Own May Day

So here’s a piece of Chicagoan history that I didn’t know about (regretfully): May Day, globally recognized as International Workers’ Day, is a yearly…

May 3, 2024 •

April 2024

After al-Quds Day 2024

It had been only a short pause between Land Day and al-Quds Day, otherwise known as Jerusalem Day, and I felt so much had developed between those two…

Apr 7, 2024 •

March 2024

Post-Land Day Reflections

Brief thoughts after a Land Day protest outside Israel’s embassy in Chicago

Mar 31, 2024 •

Tôi Nhớ Việt Nam

“The little I remember becomes even more diminished by being recollected in English.” —Joseph Brodsky, Less Than One

Mar 31, 2024 •

I cannot precisely remember when was the first time Mother asked of me to cook rice.

Mar 30, 2024 •

Le Colossal Letdown

Context is everything, and for Chicago’s Le Colonial, situated within Gold Coast’s gilded Oak Street, everything seems to point to an ideal of decadence…

Mar 15, 2024 •

September 2023

On the Weekends, I’m Still a Tourist Pt. III

If there’s somewhere I visit whenever I’m passing through Chicago’s Loop, it’s no doubt always the Harold Washington Public Library. Though it’s not…

Sep 12, 2023 •

August 2023

On the Weekends, I'm Still a Tourist Pt. II

The best things in life are flea (markets)!

Aug 16, 2023

On the Weekends, I’m Still a Tourist

When you’ve been living where many around the nation consider to be a travel destination, it’s fairly easy to stop seeing your own home as such.

Aug 1, 2023 •

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