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New Chicago trend: charter school teachers unionize
March 25, 2010One hundred teachers at four Chicago charter schools filed for union recognition March 19, joining 123 others who won their first contract last year.
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Feminist pioneer Betty Millard dies at 98
March 25, 2010Betty (Elizabeth Boynton) Millard, feminist, writer, photographer, political activist and philanthropist, born in 1911 under the presidency of William Howard Taft, died on March 6.
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Beware of the new racist counteroffensive
March 25, 2010The election of Barack Obama has triggered a racist counteroffensive in much the same way as the North's victory in the Civil War spurred a counteroffensive by the former slaveholders and their allies.
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Chilean earthquakes, tsunamis and politics
March 24, 2010An eyewitness account of Chile's earthquake and the ensuing political struggle that took place immediately after the disaster.
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Banks should pay to repair their mess, rally demands
March 24, 2010The rally's point was dramatized by a man wearing a tuxedo and a pig mask who made mock attempts to steal purses and pick the pockets of demonstrators.
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