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Del Valle emerges as Chicago’s progressive mayoral candidate

January 31, 2011 By Teresa Albano

Miguel Del Valle emerges as Chicago's progressive mayoral candidate.

Ohio poll: Don’t cut people’s programs

January 31, 2011 By Bruce Bostick

The old adage that people may want the ox gored, but not their ox, appears to hold true in the findings of an Quinnipiac poll published last week in Ohio.

Human rights group urges action on parole for Oscar Lopez

January 28, 2011 By Emile Schepers

Only days remain for the public to ask for the United States Parole Commission to grant parole to a Puerto Rican independence activist who has now spent 29 years in a federal penitentiary in Florence, Colo.

The national debt: Another path is possible!

January 27, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

Making major cuts in military spending could not only make a major dent in the national debt, but would also save many lives and put our country on the road to a new international policy of...

Is Rahm Emanuel the right choice for Chicago?

January 26, 2011 By Pepe Lozano

The Illinois Supreme Court will decide if Rahm Emanuel will stay on the mayoral ballot for Chicago's Feb. 22 election. But is he the right choice for Chicagoans?