Chicago
Rally calls for moratorium on school closings
February 6, 2009CHICAGO — Hundreds of teachers, parents, students, union leaders and local activists rallied here Jan. 28th at the Chicago Board of Education building against the board’s plan to close, consolidate, phase out and “turn around” more...
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Torture victim fights for freedom
August 19, 2008Every day Mark Clements prays to God in his prison cell that one day he will be a free man. He has been incarcerated since 1981–27 years–for a crime he says he did not commit. A...
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What will your legacy be?
February 2, 2007"What Will Your Legacy Be?" Dr. Margaret T.G. Burroughs once wrote and asked in a 2007 epic poem. The internationally renowned Burroughs died November 21, 2010, and scholars and activists celebrate her long-lasting legacy.
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Harry Gaynor: fighter for open housing, social justice
October 7, 2005Harry Gaynor, a longtime fighter for peace and justice, died in Chicago on Aug. 19 of heart failure. He was 90. Born in 1914 in Brooklyn, N.Y., of Ukrainian Jewish immigrants, Gaynor’s family moved to Chicago...
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The legacy of Patricia Jonnie Lumpkin Ellis
September 23, 2005Until her illness, Pat Ellis remained a community activist. She was a community representative on the Labor-Community Coalition to Save Our Schools. She served as organizational secretary of the Illinois Communist Party for many years.
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