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Chicago students protest Sears ties to child labor and rape

September 9, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

High school students are protesting Sears's purchase of clothing from a factory where a supervisor is an unpunished serial rapist of young females.

Cook County passes historic immigrant rights ordinance

September 8, 2011 By Pepe Lozano

Cook County passed a major immigrant rights ordinance aiming to free undocumented immigrants being held in jails throughout the county.

Labor Day protestors demand jobs and fair trade deals

September 7, 2011 By John Bachtell

Steelworkers and 1,000 others protested against a new free trade agreement being negotiated for the Pacific Rim countries.

Rahm Emanuel’s first 100 days: new style, same substance

August 26, 2011 By John Bachtell

After 100 days on the job, new Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is touting his administration's first accomplishments. The impression is one of boldly charting a new course of change.

Police torture victims continue to seek justice, freedom

August 12, 2011 By Pepe Lozano

Mayor Richard M. Daley can be sued as a defendant in a lawsuit filed over decades-old allegations of police torture and a citywide conspiracy to cover it up.