David Bender
LATEST ARTICLES BY David Bender
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U.S.
Spoiler Alert- The man behind the curtain is Bruce Rauner!
May 26, 2015Governor Rauner is at war with working-class families with the full intention of playing the school yard bully, picking on those of us who are the most vulnerable.
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Environment
Chicago residents fight to shut down petcoke operations
March 18, 2014Truth is stranger than fiction, so don't be surprised that the Koch Brothers, BP, and a web of multinationals have been hedging bets and kicking up dust on an industrial corridor of working-class neighborhoods between Chicago...
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U.S.
The sun shone on massive North Carolina Moral March
February 10, 2014The march, organized by the NAACP, labor unions, and religious leaders, amounted to a dramatic comeback of the Moral Monday protests that drew the nation's attention here over the last year.
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U.S.
March against Monsanto unites global food activists
May 29, 2013CHICAGO - Just 48 hours after the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly rejected an amendment that would allow states to require labeling of genetically modified foods, more than 1,000 people marched against Monsanto, which spends billions in quashing...
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Opinion
Elouise Cobell, leader of landmark Native American lawsuit, dies at 65
October 19, 2011Cobell is especially honored for her role as the lead plaintiff in a multi-billion-dollar lawsuit charging the U.S. government with cheating Native Americans.
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