On October 23, the Empire State Building lit up the New York skyline as afterschool programs across the nation opened their doors for rallies, talent shows, open houses, and more.
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Ni Uno Más
On May 1, 2006, 300,000 demonstrators marched through downtown Chicago as part of a nationwide protest of several restrictionist proposals to U.S. immigration policy. Within the federal government, a bill (H.R. 4437) sat before legislators, threatening to criminalize undocumented immigrants and anyone assisting them as felons. On May Day 2014, as they have every year since, demonstrators gathered once again to protest deportations.
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Mitchell vs. Travis
fter the Republican gubernatorial primary, the most expensive political race in Illinois is the Democratic primary for the state’s 26th District, a skinny strip of land that runs along the lakefront from Streeterville to South Chicago.
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How the South Side Votes: Violence
Leading up to the October 16 council meeting, the first in a three-part series profiling the voting records of South Side aldermen. When it comes to addressing South Side violence, the city’s aldermen are mostly of the same mind and have cast uniform votes on gun control and other anti-violence legislation. However, the similarity of […]
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A Hall Reborn, a Neighborhood Altered
Wiping her hands on an apron as she strides out of the kitchen, the single employee on duty at Josefina’s Bakery turns down “Vas a Llorar Por Mí,” the latest single from Banda El Recodo De Cruz Lizárraga. The same evening sees students from Benito Juárez Community Academy slouched over benches in nearby Dvorak Park, […]