Michelle Zacarias
LATEST ARTICLES BY Michelle Zacarias
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Labor
Chicago Teachers Union averts strike, reaches tentative agreement
October 11, 2016“Every active member of the Chicago Teachers Union will have an opportunity to review and vote on the agreement before a contract is ratified.”
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News
Kids of color suffer worse outcomes from childhood cancer
September 12, 2016In addition to funding problems for research into childhood cancers, there are also serious disparities in mortality rates.
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Arts
Using fashion to celebrate the full spectrum of genders and abilities
September 6, 2016"Within ten years we can change the fashion industry," says Sky Cubacub, whose Rebirth Garments line embraces the differences in all of us.
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Labor
Chicago teachers prepare for possible strike as students return to school
August 26, 2016Chicagoans and union members worry about two major concerns: how the district will access more funds, and how equitably those funds will be spent.
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News
Behind Olympic glitz lies the reality of Rio’s hidden poor
August 18, 2016The impact of hosting the Summer Games has fallen hardest on the impoverished black and brown indigenous communities of Rio.
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U.S.
Chicago alderman Rosa, community, activists denounce ICE raids on day laborers
August 10, 2016Government agents raided a neighborhood location where immigrant workers gather, forcing a group of laborers to submit to searches.
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Opinion
No free handouts: Politicians must work for the black and brown millennial vote
August 4, 2016Clinton's positive poll numbers aside, the fact still remains that the Democratic Party has long taken their diverse following of voters for granted.
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U.S.
Activists turn Chicago police torture site at Homan Square into Freedom Square
July 27, 2016The occupation is one of several national protests currently being led by African-American-led organizations.
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