Education
DREAM Act passes House, faces hurdles in Senate
December 10, 2010The U.S. Senate voted to table its version of the DREAM Act Dec. 9, in order to consider the version passed by the House the day before. Supporters say the House vote was historic and a...
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Parents: Retaining Chicago students is a flunking system
December 10, 2010Chicago Public Schools is willfully imposing an injurious and discriminatory retention policy on a mass scale, say parents.
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Broad coalition urges passage of DREAM Act
November 29, 2010Supporters of the DREAM act range from the labor movement to self-identified conservatives.
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Corporate capital has pulled the plug on America
November 23, 2010Is today's corporate elite meaner than capitalists and wealthy families of the previous era? Perhaps, but there are more fundamental reasons for their behavior.
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Can anybody beat Rahm?
November 19, 2010CHICAGO - Can anyone beat Rahm? That's the question on the minds of many Chicagoans as the Nov. 22 candidate petition-filing deadline for mayor of the nation's third largest city fast approaches.
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