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Parents, community occupy Chicago school, demand to be heard

February 21, 2012 By John Bachtell

The occupiers were dramatizing their frustration with plans by the Chicago Public Schools to close the school and reopen it as a charter.

Black History Month 2012: Remembering Dalzenia Henry

February 14, 2012 By Joelle Fishman

When the judging for the African American History Month High School Arts and Writing Competition takes place this Friday, Dalzenia Henry's legacy will be on our minds.

Protests call for “Robin Hood” tax to fund jobs, education

February 10, 2012 By John Bachtell

Chicagoans rally for redistribution of TIF money and a stock transaction tax to fund jobs creation, schools, libraries and clinics.

Oakland police arrest hundreds of Occupy protesters

January 30, 2012 By Marilyn Bechtel

Police arrested some 400 demonstrators Jan. 28 in response to the latest attempt by Occupy Oakland activists to occupy a vacant building and establish a new encampment there.

In their war against workers, corporations increasingly choose lockouts

January 25, 2012 By John Wojcik

Employers have been engaging in class warfare for quite some time now. Recently they have added lockouts to the long list of weapons they have used to wage that warfare.