Chicago
Shocking new cuts will gut Chicago schools
June 21, 2013After closing 50 schools, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Public Schools are cutting elementary and high school budgets tens of millions of dollars.
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Rudy Lozano remembered as fighter for immigrant, worker rights
June 13, 2013CHICAGO - There were tears, laughter, poetry and song as family and friends gathered June 8 to remember the life and legacy of Rudy Lozano Sr.
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Chicago’s “Red Squad” stories reveal damage to democracy
June 7, 2013CHICAGO - A lively symposium on this city's infamous "Red Squad" took place June 1 at the Chicago History Museum.
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Union protests Obama’s nomination of Pritzker
May 28, 2013Saying Hyatt Hotel magnate Penny Pritzker destroys jobs, Unite Here members crowded into the back of a Senate hearing room to show the union opposes her nomination as U.S. Commerce Secretary.
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In response to school closures, a new movement is born
May 23, 2013A new national movement for education justice has been born all across the country, to defend public education from those who would destroy it.
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