Chicago

The sight of tens of thousands of striking teachers marching through the streets of Chicago in September 2012 was a much-needed shot in the arm for a sagging labor …

In a strong show of support, small business owners, workers, health care practitioners, parents and Chicago Aldermen rallied today at City Council for paid sick days legislation.

Micah Uetricht's 'Strike for America: Chicago Teachers Against Austerity' relates the stirring transformation of the Chicago Teachers Union into a democratically organized force for social justice.

This week, the union made good on its threat: Faculty members walked out of their offices on Tuesday morning, fanning out into picket lines across campus.

A growing body of research shows that Americans with traumatic injuries develop PTSD at rates comparable to veterans of war.

Handing previous public services over to private corporations, without assessing the full costs, can become a 75-year-long nightmare, as in the case of parking in Chicago, argues Ellen Dannin.

As a deadly polar vortex moved across the United States this week, cities scrambled to shelter the homeless, and hacker collective Anonymous is working to provide additional aid.

TRNN interviews "Mayor 1%" author Kari Lydersen about Rahm Emanuel's battles with Chicago's 99%.

In an excerpt from her book, 'Mayor 1%: Rahm Emanuel and the Rise of Chicago's 99%,' author Kari Lydersen describes how mental health advocates occupied and protested the closing …

Will Rahm Emanel's effort to establish a privatized neoliberal outpost in Chicago succeed? Not if the ongoing uprising brushfires turn from kindling wood into a contemporary Chicago fire of …