Chicago
Memorial Day 2010: A steelworker point of view
May 31, 2010Someone said that in a progressive society there is nothing permanent except change.
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High Court favors Chicago Black firefighters in discrimination suit
May 26, 2010The Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of 6,000 Black applicants for firefighting jobs here, adding they could proceed with a lawsuit that accuses the city of using a racially discriminatory hiring exams.
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Austin Is Doing Something about AIDS
May 25, 2010Chicago community comes together to create cultural, educational movement on AIDS awareness.
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Chicago transit workers: get trains and buses rolling again
May 18, 2010They appear everywhere in uniform and are a constant reminder of the high cost of the state budget crisis: they are the 1,200 Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) workers.
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Frank Lumpkin always brings a crowd
May 14, 2010CHICAGO -- Hundreds of family members, co-workers, friends and comrades paid tribute to Frank Lumpkin, lifelong fighter for workers' rights, equality and socialism, on April 24.
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