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3 days of marches against school closings planned
With just over a week before the Chicago Board of Education votes on a proposal to close 54 schools, the Chicago Teachers Union and other activist groups said Monday they would hold marches over three days to protest the plan. The marches will begin...
Tags: Chicago Teachers Union, Karen Lewis, Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Elections
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Man killed in Englewood neighborhood related to longtime activist
Tribune reportersThe great-nephew of a prominent Englewood community activist was fatally shot as he was driving from his great-grandmother's home Sunday afternoon in the Englewood neighborhood, according to family and police. Ronald A. Baskin, 21, of south suburban...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Hal E. Baskin, Shootings, Gresham, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County
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Relative of Englewood activist Hal Baskin is fatally shot
The great-nephew of a prominent Englewood community activist was fatally shot Sunday in that neighborhood, according to family and police. Ronald Baskin, 21, of Lansing, was leaving his great-grandmother's home after stopping by to wish her a happy...
Tags: Hal E. Baskin, Shootings, Politics, Local Elections, Murder
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Connecticut Moms Take Lead On Social, Political Causes
The Hartford CourantFar from the Hallmark holiday it's turned into, Mother's Day was conceived in the U.S. by female activists interested in expanding women's impact in society. In Connecticut and across the county, women are carrying on that tradition, incorporating their...Tags: Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Drunk Driving, Greenwich, Queens (New York City), Politics
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Sword of division is poised over Iraq
BAGHDAD — Less than a year and a half after the last U.S. troops left, Iraq's political leaders are openly debating the prospect of two dangerous paths for their country: de facto division or civil war. Perhaps both. Tension between the Shiite...Tags: Al-Qaeda, Baghdad (Iraq), Politics, Religion and Belief, Government
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Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of Malcolm X, is slain in Mexico
MEXICO CITY -- Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of slain civil rights leader Malcolm X, has been beaten to death in Mexico City, his battered body dumped near the famed Plaza Garibaldi, in what may have been a robbery gone wrong, police said Friday. News...Tags: Mexico City, U.S. Embassy, Shootings, Politics, Malcolm X
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EPA continues to release producers' personal information
The National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) is appalled to learn that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues to illegally release information on cattle operations to the activist groups Earth Justice, the Pew Charitable Trust and the...Tags: Environmental Politics, Natural Resources Defense Council, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice
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'Hit & Stay' looks to Catonsville Nine and beyond
Joe Tropea thought he was writing a research paper on the Catonsville Nine, a group of Catholic anti-war activists who set draft records ablaze outside a Selective Service office in 1968. But what he was really working on was a movie script. "I just got...
Tags: Mount Royal, Charles Theatre, Politics, Chicago Underground Film Festival, Charles Street
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Alarm among activists after Malaysia kills nearly 100,000 monkeys
Tourists adore them. Homeowners bemoan them. And the Malaysian government has killed them –- by the tens of thousands. They are macaca fascicularis, mischievous monkeys with unusually long tails that give them their common name: long-tailed...
Tags: Endangered Species, Conservation, Malaysia, Politics, World Wildlife Fund
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Thousands in Russia demand new elections, release of prisoners
This post has been corrected. See bottom for details. MOSCOW — In the biggest show of opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin since last May, thousands of demonstrators gathered Monday near the Kremlin to demand an immediate release of...
Tags: Politics, Embezzlement, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Russia, Prisons
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NRA pledge on gun rights: 'We will never surrender'
HOUSTON — Vowing that “we will never surrender,” the leader of the National Rifle Assn. claimed victory over recently defeated gun control legislation and denounced “political and media” elites for vilifying gun owners and...Tags: Annual and Special Corporate Meetings, Politics, Libertarian Party, Civil Rights, Justice and Rights
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Whiteclay protesters vandalize beer truck, charges expected to be filed
LINCOLN, Neb. - A beer truck in the Nebraska border town of Whiteclay was vandalized by activists who were protesting the town's alcohol stores near the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Two eyewitnesses tell The Associated Press that more than a dozen...
Tags: Politics
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