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France: racism, poverty lead to violence

November 11, 2005

Fires burned across France this week as young people from immigrant families, mainly from North and West Africa, protested life on society’s working-class margins. The crisis began when two teenagers, Bouna Traore, 15, and Zyed Benna,...

Hearts and souls captured in the lens: Working people still in focus for Milton Rogovin

November 11, 2005

“A Thirty Year Focus on a Community: Photographs by Milton Rogovin” Oak Park Public Library Art Gallery 834 Lake St., Oak Park, Ill. Through Nov. 27 For more information: www.miltonrogovin.com Is there a more sensitive photographer...

North Country rings true to real life

November 11, 2005

At the beginning of “North Country,” Josey Aimes (Charlize Theron) packs her two children into the pickup truck and drives to her parents’ house in Eveleth, Minn., after being beaten up by her husband. Her parents...

Chicagos White Sox a joyous inspiration

November 11, 2005

1917 was the unforgettable year when the world witnessed the revolutionary birth of its first socialist state. The countries of imperialist expansion were waging a world war. But working-class Chicago found a unique reason to celebrate...

An open letter to the NLRB chairman

November 11, 2005

Dear Robert J. Battista, I’ll bet that you, like many Americans, occasionally find yourself at a gathering or function that begins with everyone standing up, turning to the U.S. flag in the corner and saying the...