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Bob Dole, who overcame disabling war wounds to become a sharp-tongued Senate leader from Kansas, a Republican presidential candidate and then a symbol and celebrant of his dwindling generation of World War II veterans, died at age 98 on Dec. 5, 2021.

Legendary former Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis has died. ‘She was a fighter and a treasure for this city.’

February 8, 2021 at 7:22 p.m.

Karen Lewis, the firebrand former Chicago Teachers Union president who led a seven-day strike and nearly ran for mayor, has died at 67. Details of her death were not immediately...

Chicago Teachers Union members and supporters sit on the road in the 300 block of North Damen Avenue during a civil disobedience training outside the CTU Center on Oct. 24, 2019, in Chicago.

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren on the picket line with Chicago teachers: ‘Everyone in America should support you in this strike.’

October 22, 2019 at 7:42 p.m.

Democratic presidential front-runner Elizabeth Warren made her way through a sea of striking Chicago teachers Tuesday, stepped onto a wooden crate just high enough for her to see out over...

No deal yet, but Chicago Teachers Union says some tentative agreements reached: ‘We’re not hearing no anymore’

October 20, 2019 at 3:21 p.m.

As Chicago public school teachers rallied with health care workers Saturday, Mayor Lori Lightfoot suggested her administration likely would not secure a deal with striking Chicago Teachers Union educators this...

Chicago Teachers Union leader on city lawyer strike comments: ‘Rich white men tell black women … in CPS what to do all the time’

October 19, 2019 at 10:39 a.m.

Chicago teachers union negotiations are heading into the weekend after the second day of a teachers strike ended without a contract deal. Once again, union officials pointed to progress —...

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Legendary former Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis has died. ‘She was a fighter and a treasure for this city.’

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren on the picket line with Chicago teachers: ‘Everyone in America should support you in this strike.’

No deal yet, but Chicago Teachers Union says some tentative agreements reached: ‘We’re not hearing no anymore’

Chicago Teachers Union leader on city lawyer strike comments: ‘Rich white men tell black women … in CPS what to do all the time’

Chicago teachers strike enters second day as Jesse Jackson steps in to try to help forge a deal

CPS strike is officially on as teachers union, Chicago mayor fail to reach a last-minute deal

Chicago teachers are on strike. The reasons why come down to politics, time and money.

Jean Baptiste Point du Sable would get 17 miles of Lake Shore Drive named in his honor under City Council proposal

Cancelan las clases en CPS ante la anunciada huelga de maestros

CPS strike watch: Chances of averting a walkout over next 3 days is getting ‘more remote,’ teachers union president says