Chicago
June 20: American Railway Union is founded in Chicago
June 19, 2012It was the largest labor union of its time and one of the first industrial unions in the United States.
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In the “other Chicago,” mental health patients out of options
May 23, 2012Millions gathered in the Windy City for the NATO summit. But over in the "other Chicago" - the inner city, Latino and African American-majority neighborhoods, people are suffering.
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Iraq and Afghanistan veterans return medals at NATO protest
May 22, 2012U.S. veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars threw their medals towards the site of the NATO Summit May 20 in what was called the most dramatic antiwar action by ex-GIs since Vietnam.
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Tom Morello, Nurses Union gather in Chicago
May 21, 2012The event and its guitar-shredding conclusion saw nurses and workers of all ages and ethnicities, and from all walks of life, joining together and cheering Morello's encouraging words.
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Foreclosed homeowner stands his ground on his own porch
May 21, 2012Lamont Newsome stands his ground at a battle post he and his loyal canine partner have maintained every day for a year and three months now - his front porch.
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