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What to know about immigration operations and National Guard deployments to Chicago, WBEZ Chicago, October 13, 2025.
GI Resisters Have Long Refused Illegal Orders — Now They Must Refuse Trump, co-authored with Aaron Hughes, Truthout, September 19, 2025.
Raids, Retaliation, and Radical Solidarity in Chicago, Movement Memos Podcast, September 18, 2025.
Inside the US Military’s ‘Dehumanization’ Crisis Under Trump, Instick Media, June 30, 2025.
Why Local Elected Officials Need To Embrace A Movement-Centric Ethos, Law and Political Economy Blog, March 17, 2025.
Community minded, Arti Walker-Peddakotla fights for change as a scholar, activist, and abolitionist, Loyola University of Chicago School of Law, July 2024.
To save our planet and its people, we must abolish the military industrial complex, The Collectivist, April 18, 2023.
Pulling Threads: Unraveling our way to liberation, The Collectivist, March 7, 2023.
Why Here, Why Now: Law School After 30, The Podvocate, January 2023.
Law School’s Greatest Hits: The Story of Lawrence v. Texas, The Podvocate, November 2022.
Reimagining our response to violence, Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest, January 25, 2022.
Citizens Should Have a Say, Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest, July 13, 2021.
Hindu Fascism: An All-American Threat, Facing Race Conference, November 2020.
Oak Park Rallies Together After ‘Black Lives Matter' Mural Defaced, NBC Chicago, July 2020.
It’s Time to Defund the Oak Park Police, Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest, June 2020.
Hindu Fascism: An All-American Threat, co-authored with Sameena Mustafa, Common Dreams, January 2020.
“Democracy Doesn’t Come in a Box,” NY Times Opinion Feature, November 2019.
Oak Park Village Trustee Swearing-In Speech, May 2019 (Text) (Video).
Trustee candidates weigh in on Oak Park's tax burden, Chicago Tribune, January 2019.
Three more put Oak Park village trustee candidates at 11, Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest, December 2018.
New group urges women of color to run for local office, Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest, December 2018.
Constitution Day: America is eroding the rights I fought for, Newsweek, Sep 2018.
Protecting our ideals is vital to our freedom, Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest, April 2017.
More women exploring political careers after Trump's election, Chicago Tribune, April 2017.