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Supporters of a unionization effort at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama march on the sidewalk for a Day of Solidarity on March 20, 2021, in downtown Chicago, Ill.

Chicago warehouse workers and socialists gather for International Day of Solidarity

By Jason Flynn, Staff Reporter
March 22, 2021
Breanna Bertacchi (left) and William Guerrero, aka “The Kid from Pilsen,” (right) hammer nails into a board that reads “WE DESERVE CLEAN AIR!” next to a map of Chicago’s 10th Ward outside Grace United Methodist Church on Mach 4, 2021. Bertacchi and Guerrero, along with other participants, hammered in a nail for every day they participated in the hunger strike against Reserve Management Group’s relocation of the General Iron scrap facility to the neighborhood of South Deering.

Chicago organizers end 30-day hunger strike, will continue opposing General Iron permit

By Jason Flynn, Staff Reporter
March 10, 2021
Bruce Rauner is sworn into office at the Prairie Capital Convention Center on Jan. 12, 2015 in Springfield. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

State school funding deal comes under pressure as leaders work on final details

August 28, 2017
Students protest budget impasse as the stalemate enters its 10th month

Students protest budget impasse as the stalemate enters its 10th month

By Anna Spoerre, @annaspoerre
April 1, 2016
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