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Wisconsin judge kills anti-union law

May 26, 2011 By John Wojcik

The right-wing push to destroy unions in Wisconsin ran into a wall this morning.

A Memorial Day massacre

May 26, 2011 By Dick Meister

The film was an on-the-scene report of what historians call "The Memorial Day Massacre," filmed by Paramount Pictures as it happened in Chicago in May 1937.

Left humbled in Indian state elections

May 25, 2011 By R.K. Sharma

In India's state elections, the Communist-led left governments lost in West Bengal and Kerala.

Court ruling victory for African American firefighters

May 25, 2011 By John Bachtell

African Americans represent 32.4 percent of Chicago but they make up only 17 percent respectively of the city's fire department.

Labor wins a few in Florida

May 25, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

"Working families, the unemployed and the impoverished faced numerous assaults in the continuing drive to make the rich richer," said the state AFL-CIO.