personal stories
Katie Jordan: A hero to the workers of Chicago
May 23, 2018If you ask any union organizer here in Chicago who Katie Jordan is they won’t hesitate to list her extensive resume of lifelong accomplishments.
Read moreSix inseparable friends now even closer after school shooting
February 20, 2018It was the final period of the day at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High and Jonathan Blank was in history class, learning about the Holocaust...
Read moreSwiss reality versus American reality: A father-son-granddaughter story
February 8, 2018I have had many conversations with my son about the differences between American reality and what he has now living in Geneva. Here are some of my observations.
Read moreOakland’s Friday farmer’s market and its vegetable vocabulary of love
April 27, 2017The market attracts immigrants from many countries. You can hear a dozen languages in the people filling its four blocks.
Read moreArmando Ramirez, modest but tough fighter for the people, passes on
April 25, 2017“Armando was one of the kindest, gentlest, most modest people I ever met, but a deep thinker and fierce fighter for working people and against injustice."
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