Chicago
Rudy Lozano remembered as fighter for immigrant, worker rights
June 13, 2013CHICAGO - There were tears, laughter, poetry and song as family and friends gathered June 8 to remember the life and legacy of Rudy Lozano Sr.
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Chicago’s “Red Squad” stories reveal damage to democracy
June 7, 2013CHICAGO - A lively symposium on this city's infamous "Red Squad" took place June 1 at the Chicago History Museum.
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Union protests Obama’s nomination of Pritzker
May 28, 2013Saying Hyatt Hotel magnate Penny Pritzker destroys jobs, Unite Here members crowded into the back of a Senate hearing room to show the union opposes her nomination as U.S. Commerce Secretary.
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In response to school closures, a new movement is born
May 23, 2013A new national movement for education justice has been born all across the country, to defend public education from those who would destroy it.
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Chicago protests to stop 54 school closings heat up
May 21, 2013"We are not going without a fight!" declared nine-year-old Asean Johnson, a third grader at Marcus Garvey Elementary School. "We shall not be moved today!"
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