Chicago
Workers file charges over racist symbols, hostile work environment
April 29, 2011Besides Nazi symbols the workers also say a vehicle displaying confederate flags has consistently been seen parked on the property near the warehouse entrance.
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Bill would let religious adoption agencies bar same-sex couples
April 13, 2011Two Illinois state senators are trying to pass a measure that would allow religious adoption agencies to deny requests from same-sex couples in civil unions.
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Scenes from an uprising: Chicago We Are One (Video)
April 13, 201110,000 trade unionists and their supporters from around Chicago and Illinois poured into Daley Plaza downtown.
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ICE to promote softer image, activists not buying it
April 8, 2011ICE plans to promote a lighter image through a new "community outreach program," but immigrant and community activists are not convinced.
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Chicago fights education cuts
April 8, 2011Republican budget cuts served as the backdrop for a recent labor and community rally and march sponsored by the Chicago Teachers Union.
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