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Mayor pushes minimum wage hike, aldermen frustrated
A City Council committee Monday debated the implications of raising Chicago’s minimum wage during a meeting, which one alderman described as the most “rushed” push to enact a law that he’s seen in all of his years in office. “I’ve never seen such a rush on any issue to get a vote” Ald. Brendan Reilly […]
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Housing and minimum wage activists protested in the Daley Plaza Tuesday, Oct. 7. They called for the minimum wage to be increased and for more housing vouchers. Columbia College Chicago journalism students, Joann Mikhail and Gina Scarpino, share footage from the day’s event. Minimum wage and housing protest
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What About the Common Core and America’s Future
June 27, 2014 Comments Off on What About the Common Core and America’s Future
Chicago isn’t in Florida, but issues of the competitiveness of our workforce, and education’s role in strengthening our workforce and making us competitive on a global scale are important to Chicagoans today. Here is an excellent interview with the Chair of the Children’s Movement of Florida about the Common Core, diversity and unity, and competition […]
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May Showers Did Not Deter Anti-Deportation Marchers
May 14, 2014 Comments Off on May Showers Did Not Deter Anti-Deportation Marchers
This video story is about the anti-deportation march that took place May 1 from 175 from North Des Plaines to 101 West Congress Parkway. The march highlighted the hard working families who have been separated through deportations while working at some of the richest corporations in the country. During President Obama’s time in office, there have […]
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May 1st is not just an ordinary day for Chicagoans. On May 4, 1886, several workers rallied after what was known as the Haymarket Riot that took place the day before. The riot was started with a bomb at the McCormick reaper plant after a police officer was hit and killed. Police then began firing […]
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Some background on May Day in Chicago Sights and Sounds: Haymarket to ICE headquarters [View the story “May Day March 2014” on Storify]
