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California looks to pass Homeowner’s Bill of Rights

March 21, 2012 By Juan Lopez

In a counterattack against Wall Street, grassroots groups and state leaders joined forces to exact significant concessions from the big banks.

George Clooney, Ben Jealous: Action need to avoid humanitarian crisis in Sudan

March 20, 2012 By Joe Sims

Actor George Clooney, along with NAACP head Benjamin Jealous, Martin Luther King III and several members of Congress were arrested in a protest outside of the Sudanese embassy recently.

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.