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Chicago Is Spending $1.6 Billion on 13,000 Police. Is It Worth It?

With shootings and murders on the rise, community organizers and criminologists point to a police hiring spree from just four years ago to show that more cops on Chicago’s streets aren’t the answer.

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Labor

From Fighting for $15 to Blocking Right to Work, Striking Missouri Workers Are Challenging the GOP

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Campouts, Not Shootouts: Chicago Youth Take Back Their Streets

We talked to the teenagers occupying Chicago street corners.

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The U.S.-Occupied Colony In the Crosshairs of Trump’s Reckless Brinkmanship with North Korea

Guam's residents do not get to vote for U.S. president, but they are directly impacted by Trump's dangerous threats.

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Attacks on Immigrants Are Attacks on Workers

A longtime labor and community organizer responds to the Trump's anti-immigrant measures.

Carlos Ballesteros

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70 Arrested as Students at Ohio University Take a Stand by Sitting Down

As Trump’s frightful campaign promises become law, students at Ohio University demand their school become a “sanctuary campus.”

Carlos Ballesteros

The Majority of Us Don’t Believe in the American Dream

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Michelle Rhee To Step Down as StudentsFirst CEO

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Walmart CEO Jumps Ship

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Alleged Labor Violations Lead to Class-Action Suit Against Apple

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A $13 Minimum Wage Isn’t Enough

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‘No Trauma, No-Bama,’ Activists Tell University of Chicago

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Target Janitors Win Collective Bargaining Rights

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Chicago Aldermen Fight for Minimum Wage Raise

Carlos Ballesteros

New Docs Reveal Extensive Monitoring of Occupy

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