Notes from Chicago: Scanlon, Part III
Suzanne Scanlon
Aug 26 2024
Thursday August 22 (Day Four of the Convention) McCormick Place, 10:00 a.m. I am once again at the Women’s Caucus meeting, where Nancy Pelosi, wearing a ...
Thursday August 22 (Day Four of the Convention) McCormick Place, 10:00 a.m. I am once again at the Women’s Caucus meeting, where Nancy Pelosi, wearing a ...
In her acceptance speech, Kamala Harris called for a ceasefire and acknowledged the suffering in Gaza, while also making clear that an arms embargo was out of the question—all ...
They got the judges They got the lawyers They got the ...
Monday, August 17 (Day One of the Convention) I ride my bike to the convention hall, I take the Lakefront Trail south. The city looks perfect from here: the sky is ...
Union Park → Park #587, Monday 3/18 The protest and the convention occur in the Near West Side, which doesn’t feel near anything except itself. Union Park is where the ...
Photograph by the author. If man is, or is searching to be omnipotent, I am willing to accept Chicago’s gigantism; but I should like the opposite to be accepted as well: a ...