Chicago
Tenacious Chicago Reader staff buckles in for arduous negotiations
August 16, 2016With alt-weekly newspapers shutting down across the country, unionized Chicago Reader staff seek to buck the trend, negotiate first collective agreement.
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Chicago alderman Rosa, community, activists denounce ICE raids on day laborers
August 10, 2016Government agents raided a neighborhood location where immigrant workers gather, forcing a group of laborers to submit to searches.
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Video: Chicagoans rally for community control, disarming of police
July 14, 2016"If the governor of Minnesota can ask the President to do something, we sure as hell can."
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After police shootings, Chicagoans demand accountability
July 8, 2016A broad coalition of community groups has proposed a solution for reforming Chicago's police department.
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Chicago Home Theatre reclaims domestic space for art
May 17, 2016The Chicago festival encompasses the IHTF mission, but like giardiniera adds its own distinct flavor by "addressing specific issues facing its home city."
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