Illinois

                
  • Illinois graduate employees move towards strike

    Illinois graduate employees move towards strike

    November 12, 2009 By Damien Mathew

    The Graduate Employees Organization (GEO) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has been engaged in a hard fought struggle to establish adequate compensation for its members.

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  • ‘Fund the MAP, close the gap’

    ‘Fund the MAP, close the gap’

    October 16, 2009 By Jim Dixon

    More than 2,000 from Illinois marched on the state Capitol to demand funding for more than 137,000 students whose Monetary Assistance Program grants were only funded for half the school year.

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  • Whats it going to take to end corruption in Illinois?

    Whats it going to take to end corruption in Illinois?

    February 10, 2009

    CHICAGO – Tainted by the dark cloud hovering over lawmakers here after the recent impeachment of former Governor Rod Blagojevich who allegedly tried to sell President Obama’s former U.S. Senate seat, many wonder if Illinois is...

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  • Race to fill congressional seat draws wide attention

    Race to fill congressional seat draws wide attention

    February 6, 2009

    CHICAGO — The special election to fill the congressional seat vacated by new White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel has generated widespread interest here. Nowhere was that more evident when over 550 people jammed into...

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  • Ishmael Flory, fighter for equality, 96

    Ishmael Flory, fighter for equality, 96

    February 20, 2004

    Ishmael Flory, veteran trade union organizer, activist in the African American freedom movement, and a longtime leader of the Communist Party in Illinois, died Feb. 4 in Chicago following a long illness. He was 96. Flory...

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