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Rahm Running Scared Orders Entire City on Alert 27 Aug 2013 | 08:49 am
In what is becoming an international spectacle Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel or, Murder Mayor as he is called in some circles, is deploying all city departments until further notice to be deployed on all...
ALEC's Unwelcome Party in Chicago 24 Aug 2013 | 07:20 am
A wide coalition of labor, activist and social justice grassroots groups along with concerned individuals turned out in Chicago last week to protest the now-infamous American Legislative Exchange Coun...
Police Are Beating Teachers At ALEC Protest 9 Aug 2013 | 11:23 pm
Today is the big ALEC protest in Downtown Chicago at the Palmer House. Unions are there, ALEC Exposed is there, and teachers are there. They have shut down Monroe Street in front of the hotel. And th...
Chicago Cardinal Pulls Funding From Immigration Groups For Supporting Same-Sex Marriage 8 Aug 2013 | 09:02 pm
Chicago Cardinal Francis George has pulled funding from a coalition of immigration groups that support same-sex marriage in Illinois, according to a Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) stat...
Romantic Violence in R World 5 Aug 2013 | 08:24 am
New book - Romantic Violence in R World. "Sex, Drugs, Street Gangs and White Power. My Life growing up on Chicago's 1980's Northwest Side, and the birth of an American rebel." http://www.lulu.com/sho...
New Bill to Bring Trauma Care Back to South Side 31 Jul 2013 | 10:14 pm
Congressman Bobby Rush has introduced a bill that would relieve the "trauma desert" on Chicago's South Side by providing $100 million to promote access to trauma centers in underserved rural and urban...
Fast food strikes intensify in seven cities (including Chicago) 31 Jul 2013 | 10:12 pm
The biggest walkout yet begins this [week] -- and the strikes could have far-reaching implications for labor. http://www.salon.com/2013/07/29/fast_food_strikes_intensify_in_seven_cities/
CPS Laying Off 2,000 25 Jul 2013 | 01:13 am
Chicago Public Schools announced...that it is laying off more than 2,000 employees today, including 1,036 teachers. CPS blamed the cuts on stalled pension reform in Springfield. http://gapersblock.co...
Chicago schools lay off 2,100 while city puts $55 million into college basketball arena 25 Jul 2013 | 01:10 am
Citing a $1 billion budget deficit, Chicago Public Schools will lay off more than 2,000 employees, more than 1,000 of them teachers, the district said Thursday night. About half of the 1,036 teachers...
Fast food workers strike over lack of air conditioning 25 Jul 2013 | 01:02 am
Workers at a Chicago Dunkin Donuts and a New York McDonald's went on strike Friday to protest broken air conditioning. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/20/1224796/-This-week-in-the-War-on-Worker...
