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Is Rahm Emanuel the right choice for Chicago?

January 26, 2011 By Pepe Lozano

The Illinois Supreme Court will decide if Rahm Emanuel will stay on the mayoral ballot for Chicago's Feb. 22 election. But is he the right choice for Chicagoans?

Push to regulate firearms gains steam

January 26, 2011 By Dan Margolis

The intern who rushed to aid Rep. Gabriel Giffords, D-Ariz., after during the Jan. 8 Arizona shootings, traveled to New York today to offer his assistance to Mayors Against Illegal Guns, which has ramped up activities...

A New Generation of Dreamers: Freedom Rides yesterday and today

January 25, 2011 By Joelle Fishman

A month-long celebration linking the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Rides that desegregated interstate transportation in the South with today's movements to address racism, violence and unemployment was kicked off here.

Class battle lines drawn in Chicago council elections

January 25, 2011 By John Bachtell

Chicago City Council elections are shaping up to be a contest between a coalition of organized labor, the many racially and ethnically diverse communities, their organizations and small businesses against the big financial and corporate interests...

Cuba Five prisoner paintings on exhibit in Maine

January 25, 2011 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

PORTLAND, Maine - Noted actress and dedicated political activist Vinie Burrows helped open an exhibition of paintings by Cuban Five political prisoner Antonio Guerrero on January 19 at the University of Southern Maine Library.