Patrick J. Foote
LATEST ARTICLES BY Patrick J. Foote
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Labor
Chicago Reader staff rallies to call out negligent publisher
October 7, 2016The staff demanded that the publisher negotiate a contract after leaving workers in limbo for over a year.
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Labor
Retired Floridians target Marco Rubio
October 5, 2016“Marco Rubio says you must cut Social Security to save it; he's trying to scare young workers. Don't believe the lie."
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Alternate reality of racist trolls: Trump won!
September 28, 2016A glance at the shadier parts of the Internet shortly after the debate shows that the fix was in for Trump, who seems to be buying his own artificially inflated hype.
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Labor
Oreo workers take Nabisco fight global
September 21, 2016Mondelēz-Nabisco shipped 600 South Chicago jobs out of the country. Now, workers from BCTGM are uniting across borders to fight back.
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South Florida labor and community host citizenship workshops
September 19, 2016Ahead of the November elections, a coalition of labor and immigrants' rights groups is helping South Florida residents become naturalized citizens.
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People of the wide world of sports, unite!
September 15, 2016Colin Kaepernick's protest of racial injustice and police violence against African Americans has drawn more athletes into the dialogue.
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Labor
National Moral Monday action targets Gov. Rauner in Chicago
September 13, 2016In Chicago, the demand was for Republican Gov. Rauner to "stop killing us" and to facilitate the passage of a budget that prioritizes poor and working families.
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Groups bring cross-cultural solidarity to Standing Rock
September 8, 2016It was a wet and windy weekend at the Standing Rock Reservation, N.D. but weather was the least of the problems facing protestors.
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