CPS 'Persepolis' Ban? Marjane Satrapi's Graphic Novel Inappropriate For 7th Graders, District Says ( Read more... )

SPRINGFIELD - The Democratic-led Senate delivered a Valentine’s Day victory to gay and lesbian couples today, passing legislation for the first time that would allow same-sex marriage in Illinois ( Read more... )

Teenager Who Performed At Obama’s Inauguration Ceremony Is The Latest Victim Of Chicago Gun ViolenceBy Adam Peck on Jan 30, 2013 at 10:20 am ( Read more... )

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(Reuters) - Chicago teachers stayed away from public schools for a third day on Wednesday in a strike over Mayor Rahm Emanuel's demand for tough teacher evaluations that U.S. education reform advocates see as crucial to fixing urban schools.

With some 350,000 children from kindergarten to high school age out of school, the patience of their parents ( Read more... )

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Moreno tries to block restaurant that opposes gay marriage from opening in his Northwest Side ward

Ald. Proco "Joe" Moreno, 1st, doesn't want a Chick-fil-A fast-food store to open in his ward because the company's leader opposes gay marriage.

Ald. Proco "Joe" Moreno, 1st, doesn't want a Chick-fil-A fast-food store to open in his ward because the ( Read more... )

CHICAGO (CBS) - Cook County Clerk David Orr and State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez say they agree with a pair of recent lawsuits alleging the state’s ban on same-sex marriages is unconstitutional, and they are not fighting the effort to lift that ban.

Orr’s office is a defendant in two lawsuits filed last month by the Lambda Legal gay rights law firm ( Read more... )

"No NATO, No War": U.S. Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan Return War Medals at NATO Summit
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AMY GOODMAN: We’re broadcasting from Chicago, site of the largest NATO summit in the organization’s 63-year history. While delegates from 60 nations are meeting in the heavily secured McCormick Place convention center, thousands of ( Read more... )

Howard Morgan, Off-Duty Black Cop Shot 28 Times By White Officers, Sentenced To 40 Years In Prison
By IBTimes Staff Reporter
April 5, 2012 2:54 PM EDT

Former Chicago police officer Howard Morgan, who was shot 28 times by white officers while he was off duty in 2005, was sentenced to 40 years in prison in regards to that incident.

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