Chicago
Baby’s death from gunshot wounds shocks nation
March 12, 2013Prayers poured in from around the country for Jonylah Watkins, the six month-old baby girl who died this morning after being shot five times.
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The people have spoken: Save our schools!
February 25, 2013Hundreds of students, teachers, parents, staff members, and allies packed Chicago's Fuller Park Fieldhouse Thursday night.
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Today in black history: Harold Washington won the mayoral primary in Chicago
February 22, 2013In 1983, Washington won the Democratic mayoral primary and later was elected the first African-American Mayor of Chicago, serving from 1983 until his death in 1987.
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Chicago protestors: Cut the Pentagon, not our health
February 15, 2013Don't break our hearts, stop in the name of love; we can't have cuts to programs we depend upon.
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Today in labor history: Lucy Parsons leads march in Chicago
January 17, 2013Parsons was described by the Chicago Police Department as "more dangerous than a thousand rioters."
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