Roberta Wood
LATEST ARTICLES BY Roberta Wood
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Opinion
Does the Supreme Court have the balls to go all the way?
May 6, 2022Isn’t it time we give equal recognition to the role of men as the real begetters of life?
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Labor
Striking cookie workers refuse to crumble
September 14, 2021Seven days a week, 16 hours a day: “They’d rather work us to death than pay the benefits for more employees,” says April Flowers-Lewis.
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Opinion
Abortion ban must go further to get the job done
September 13, 2021To really save potential lives, we've got to go straight to the source.
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Labor
Chicagoland auto mechanics strike, say dealers’ proposal is ‘license to steal’
August 6, 2021831 Chicago area mechanics left their toolboxes locked this week and are now wielding picket signs instead of wrenches.
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News
Chicago rallies for community control, ‘first step in abolishing police terror’
June 25, 2021Community control is a strategic move, organizer Frank Chapman says. “It’s the first step to abolishing the whole system of police terror.”
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U.S.
Some children to return to Chicago classrooms next week
February 12, 2021By a 2 to 1 vote, Chicago Teachers Union members approve a re-opening plan.
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Opinion
Communists like my uncle were sent to prison because they fought for democracy
January 15, 2021Uncle Roy was convicted of “conspiring to teach the advocacy of the overthrow of the U.S. government by force and violence.”
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Opinion
McConnell bill could force localities to defund police
December 10, 2020Funds for public safety, including police, will be on the chopping block for cities and states across the nation.
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