Night of the living unions!
As part of the 4th annual Chicago Zombie March, members from UNITE HERE Local 1 applied some face paint and walked the picket line in front of the Congress Hotel.
Illinois coalition celebrates 25 years of immigrant justice
Hundreds commemorated the 25th anniversary of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights.
"Red School Bus" stops in Chicago
Classes at the school were on the "political time of day," capitalism, the labor movement, racism and immigration and LGBT rights.
A Memorial Day massacre
The film was an on-the-scene report of what historians call "The Memorial Day Massacre," filmed by Paramount Pictures as it happened in Chicago in May 1937.
Court ruling victory for African American firefighters
African Americans represent 32.4 percent of Chicago but they make up only 17 percent respectively of the city's fire department.
Consumers angry about utility rate hike plan
Consumers are urging state lawmakers to vote against a bill that would eliminate the long-standing utility rate review process.
Immigrant rights get a boost in Illinois
The Illinois Senate passed the Illinois DREAM Act, which would establish a state "Dream" commission to administer privately funded scholarships to as many as 95,000 students of immigrant parents.
Illinois labor launches campaign to protect pensions
Big business blames public sector workers for the state's $8 billion budget deficit.
Workers file charges over racist symbols, hostile work environment
Besides Nazi symbols the workers also say a vehicle displaying confederate flags has consistently been seen parked on the property near the warehouse entrance.
Bill would let religious adoption agencies bar same-sex couples
Two Illinois state senators are trying to pass a measure that would allow religious adoption agencies to deny requests from same-sex couples in civil unions.
