Kari Lydersen is a Chicago-based journalist, author and assistant professor at Northwestern University, where she leads the investigative specialization at the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications. Her books include Mayor 1%: Rahm Emanuel and the Rise of Chicago’s 99%.
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Ireland Amidst Turf Wars, Literally
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Hard Times in Free Derry
Kari Lydersen
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Police and Firefighters Unions Join List of Public Employees Targeted by Chicago Mayor Emanuel
Kari Lydersen
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Austerity Debate in Ireland Heats Up as EU Treaty Vote Nears
Kari Lydersen
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As Mines Develop in Michigan, a Reminder of Copper’s Complex Past
Kari Lydersen
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Will More Austerity Work for Ireland?
Kari Lydersen
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New Chicago Air Cargo Center: More Chinese Imports, and More Jobs?
Kari Lydersen
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Pearls Along the Mississippi: An Unsung Labor Hero Gets Her Due
Kari Lydersen
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Sisyphus and Labor: Chicago Play Celebrates Workers’ Struggles, Past and Present
Kari Lydersen
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Exiled Mexican Union Leader Wins Standoff With Govt. After Court Decision
Kari Lydersen
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A Shout-Out to GlobalPost’s Labor Series ‘Worked Over’
Kari Lydersen
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Chicago Lunch Ladies Push for Fresh Food for Students…and Job Security
Kari Lydersen
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In Aspen, Privileged Class Pits Immigrant Workers Against Environment
Kari Lydersen
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Keeping the Dream Alive: Undocumented Students Eye Uncertain Future, as Federal Reform Stalls
Kari Lydersen
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Living the Story: Undocumented Pulitzer-Winning Journalist Pushes Reform
Kari Lydersen
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‘We Don’t Go to Work to Be Touched’: Sexual Harassment in the Warehouse
Kari Lydersen
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A Toast to a Good Employer: New Belgium Brewery
Kari Lydersen
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The ‘Creative Class’ and Comeback Cities: Beyond the Hype
Kari Lydersen
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Rio Tinto Is on the Stand Over Olympic Medals, Shareholder Meeting
Kari Lydersen
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Labor Leaders Take Alabama Immigration Law Repeal Bid to Berlin
Kari Lydersen
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New Arizona Law Allows 12-Hour Mining Shifts Underground
Kari Lydersen
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Steelworkers in Arizona’s ‘Copper Triangle:’ A Proud History Fading
Kari Lydersen
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In an Arizona Mining Town Left Behind, Dreams for the Future
Kari Lydersen
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Chicago’s Cafe YO! Combines Youth Jobs, Activism, and Caffeine
Kari Lydersen
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Oil and Gas Mean Misery and Forced Labor—Not Jobs—in Developing Countries
Kari Lydersen
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Getting on the BRT Bus: U.S. Cities Eye Mexico Program That Benefits Workers
Kari Lydersen
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Bargaining in Public? Pressure Builds on Colorado Teachers Unions
Kari Lydersen
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National Nurses United, Local Labor Groups Say Protest Show Will Go On After G8 Switch
Kari Lydersen
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Coal Plant Closings Nationwide Mean Better Air, But Fewer Jobs
Kari Lydersen
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Driverless Trains and the ‘Mine of the Future’: Are Workers Becoming Obsolete?
Kari Lydersen
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Cleaner Air, but Fate of Laid-Off Workers Clouds Coal Plant Closing
Kari Lydersen
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Another Victory for Southern Calif. ‘Carwasheros’
Kari Lydersen
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‘There’s a Ripple Effect’: A Chicago Librarian Speaks Out About Cutbacks
Kari Lydersen
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Not So Sweet: The Intricacies of Big and Little Sugar
Kari Lydersen
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A Disturbing Peek Under the ‘Tilted Kilt’
Kari Lydersen
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Closing Time at Chicago Libraries Hits Women and Minorities Hard
Kari Lydersen
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The Golden Toilet Marches On, Inspires Calls for Development Reform in Chicago
Kari Lydersen
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Golden Toilet Does the Job in Chicago
Kari Lydersen
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Chicago Mayor’s Facebook Town Hall Leaves Teachers, Parents Venting
Kari Lydersen
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‘Get a Job’? Not So Easy for Teens, as Adults Snap Up Openings
Kari Lydersen
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Lockout at Quebec Rio Tinto Aluminum Smelter Drags On
Kari Lydersen
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Partial Victory Bittersweet for Laid-Off Bakery Worker at Center of Class-Action Suit
Kari Lydersen
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Letter From Colombia: In Plastic Surgery Capital, How Real is the New Face?
Kari Lydersen
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Opposition Erupts as Chicago City Council Passes G8/NATO Summit Ordinances
Kari Lydersen
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Republic Windows Redux? Chicago Bakery Faces Class Action Suit for Pre-Christmas Closure
Kari Lydersen
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All in a Day’s Work…Behind Bars
Kari Lydersen
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Working on Ice: The Pros and Cons of Antarctic ‘Summer’ Jobs
Kari Lydersen
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The Secret of Rocky Flats: The Never-Ending Story of a Cold War Plutonium Plant
Kari Lydersen
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