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'Uncivil': Professor Sues University For Free Speech Rights

'Fight For Justice Is Not Over': Chicago Survivors of Police Torture Demand Reparations

Sarah Lazare, staff writer

Survivors of Chicago police torture and their allies are taking to the streets Tuesday to demand justice and reparations from the city whose responsibility it was to oversee the perpetrators. Former Chicago police commander Jon Burge, who presided over the torture by white officers of more than 100 African-American men from 1972 to 1991, was...

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#O22: Nationwide Day of Action Builds Momentum Against Institutional Racism

Nadia Prupis, staff writer

Protesters march on October 22, 2014 in New York City. (Photo: Twitter/YourAnonGlobal)

Organizers and rights groups throughout the U.S. are staging demonstrations on...

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Diagnosed with Cancer, Union President Lewis No Longer Contender in Chicago Mayoral Bid

Lauren McCauley, staff writer

Despite leading in the polls, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis will no longer be able to challenge Emanuel in her bid for mayor. (Photo: CTU)

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis , a champion for public education...

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'Whose Schools? Our Schools': Chicago Students Rise Up

Chicago families protesting the closure of neighborhood schools in February 2012. (Photo: Sarah Ji/ cc/ Flickr)

In Emanuel's 'War on Educators,' Hundreds More Teachers Cut

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Koch Brothers' Petcoke Piling Up in Chicago

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UPDATED: Greenpeace Occupies Fisk Coal-Fired Smokestack: Chicago, Your Lives Are in the Balance

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We Charge Genocide

Chicago Police Violence Against Black and Latino Youth Called Out by United Nations Committee Against Torture

We Charge Genocide

‘We Charge Genocide’ Presents Report on Chicago Police Violence and Hosts Silent Protest on National Day of Action Against Police Brutality

Strike Fast Food

Fast Food Workers to Strike Thursday as Fight for $15 and Union Rights Intensifies

ACLU

Seventh Circuit Hears Oral Arguments Seeking Marriage for Same-Sex Couples in Indiana and Wisconsin

Chicago Students Union

Chicago Students Union Press Conference & March for Elected School Board & Student-Prioritized Funding!

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Jamie Merchant, Kristi Sanford

It's Still Time for a Freedom Party

Kevin Gosztola

UN Committee Against Torture Calls Out Chicago Police for Brutality, ‘Excessive Use of Force’

Jeff Biggers

Illinois Approves Secret Fracking Rules: State Enviro Council Thrown Under Bus, Grassroots Hold Line

Matthew Cunningham-Cook

6 Ways Wall Street Is Hosing Chicago Teachers

Bruce Dixon

Serial School Privatizer "Chainsaw Paul" Vallas Gets Ready For His Next Job

Valerie Strauss

Chicago Teachers Union Passes Resolution Opposing Common Core

Curtis Black

Chicago's Violence Tied to Policies of Rahm's Past

Kevin Gosztola

‘NATO 3′ Sentenced to More Jail Time After Prosecutors Rabidly Invoke Boston Bombing

Kari Lydersen

Despite Community Pleas, Three Chicago Schools Slated for Privatization

Valerie Strauss

Another Study Shows Charters Do No Better Than Public Schools