John Bachtell
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Bachtell
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News
Storied national civil rights group re-founded at Chicago gathering
November 27, 2019Angela Davis helps launch the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, aims to end police violence
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Labor
Warren rallies with striking teachers, calls for structural education reforms
October 24, 2019“Everyone in America should support this strike. Because when you fight, you don't just fight for yourselves. You fight for the children of this city and this country."
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ILCA
Striking Chicago school bus aides fight poverty wages
October 22, 2019Striker tells how she puts in a 12-hour workday for poverty wages.
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U.S.
Chicago school teachers, staff, kids and parents continue their strike
October 18, 2019The strike of over 30,000 teachers and support staff in the nation's third-largest school system entered its second day here Friday.
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News
Chicago teachers, support staff strike
October 17, 2019Despite ten months of bargaining, the sides remain far apart on restoring staffing levels decimated over the past few decades.
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Labor
The Last Cruze: Photo exhibit shows autoworkers’ view of Lordstown shutdown
September 27, 2019Haunting. Partisan. Resilient. Solidarity. These words come to mind when describing LaToya Ruby Frazier's powerful photographic exhibition of Lordstown, Ohio, autoworkers, documenting the shutdown of the General Motors (GM) plant there earlier this year.
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U.S.
Gun Violence Memorial Project allows victims to speak, even in death
September 24, 2019Part of the Chicago Architecture Biennial until Jan. 2020, it seeks to create a permanent national memorial honoring victims of gun violence.
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Environment
With hurricane destruction as backdrop, Democratic aspirants address climate change
September 6, 2019The 7-hour CNN Climate Town Hall was the result of pressure from environmental activists, who had unsuccessfully pushed the DNC to hold such a forum.
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