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Undocumented and unafraid, youth rally for immigration reform
March 11, 2010Hundreds of students rallied here at the Federal Plaza Wednesday in a "National Coming Out of the Shadows Day" for comprehensive immigration reform.
Read moreHomeGoods /TJX workers rally for union contract
March 11, 2010Hundreds of HomeGoods / TJX workers with their families and supporters rallied at the company's distribution center here on March 10 to demand a fair contract to improve wages and health insurance benefits.
Read moreChicago students walkout to protest sports cuts
March 11, 2010Hundreds of high school students walked out of classes across the city March 10 to protest elimination of junior varsity sports programs.
Read morePlan to end Saturday mail delivery is un-American
March 10, 2010CHICAGO — Who doesn’t love the smiling letter carrier who hands you the mail, pulls cats out of trees, braves fires, chases away burglars and engages in numberless additional acts of heroism?
Read moreFrank Lumpkin, “Saint of Chicago,” dies at 93
March 10, 2010Frank Lumpkin, the "Saint of Chicago" and life long fighter for worker rights, full equality and socialism, passed away March 1 at the age of 93.
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