Chicago
Communist Party and Labor History Tour a big feature at coming convention
June 11, 2019From the birth of May Day to the birth of the Communist Party, Chicago is a center of world labor history.
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Chicago teens overturn high school hoodie ban
May 28, 2019Students at Uplift also argued that the ban fed into harmful misconceptions about hoodie sweaters being associated with criminal activities.
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Chicago elects gay black woman mayor and five avowed socialist aldermen
April 3, 2019Historic results raise hopes in a city battling for survival that it can experience a rebirth.
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Chicago about to elect its first African American woman as mayor
March 28, 2019Since both candidates take similar positions labor and its allies have divided their support.
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Grad student workers in Chicago strike UIC, administration refuses to budge
March 22, 2019Many UIC graduate student workers are struggling to get by on $18,000 a year.
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