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Journey by bus to a state capital: A firsthand account
October 28, 2011It was six in the morning of Oct. 26 and two busloads of motivated Chicago teachers and friends were on their way to Springfield to rally and lobby to protect their pensions.
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Anti-union water outfit now in court on contamination charge
October 28, 2011One of the nation's biggest private water companies, which is pursuing an anti-union campaign, is also in federal court for water contamination and an attempted cover-up.
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Occupy Chicago: A first hand account
October 27, 2011With the crowd chanting and drums and brass playing, the police slowly started surrounding the crowd.
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Civil rights groups say: Tell MSNBC to fire Pat Buchanan
October 27, 2011Buchanan has written a new book that predicts among other things the '"end of white America."
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Students: Obama loan relief plan good first step, more needed
October 27, 2011Student activists say the president's executive order on the issue is not nearly enough to tackle the larger student debt crisis.
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