Hundreds turn out to pay respects to young fire victims
Hundreds of mourners filed past six tiny caskets Tuesday at a wake for the young victims of a Rogers Park fire in a display of grief and sympathy. Mourners included...
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Immigration rally draws 10,000
In March, an immigration rally that drew 100,000 participants to the Loop had the nation talking about Chicago. That first major mobilization, to protest a U.S. House bill that would...
English law doesn’t translate for all
At the College of Lake County in Grayslake, where immigrants swamp waiting lists for English classes, instructor Theresa Ruiz-Velasco considers it a waste of time to make English the nation's...
Immigrants at crossroads
Days before a massive immigrant rights rally in Grant Park, organizers of the snowballing social movement were racing to firm up plans: They had to consult with Chicago police brass...
Star-studded, star-spangled but in Spanish
A plan to enlist Mexican pop diva Gloria Trevi, reggaeton star Tito El Bambino and other Latin musicians to record a Spanish-language pop version of "The Star-Spangled Banner" is being...
Blacks split on support for illegal immigrants
When more than 100,000 protesters marched through the streets of Chicago to support illegal immigrants, Rev. Gregory Daniels and other African-American leaders took notice. Daniels is trying to mobilize his...
Reaching out to Englewood
With the recent slayings of two young girls in Englewood renewing attention on the South Side neighborhood, Mayor Richard Daley announced Wednesday a plan to send community policing specialists door...
As activists rally, priests show support by fasting
As hundreds of activists held small rallies in Cicero and the South Chicago neighborhood Monday to support immigration reform, others picketed the district offices of two congressmen who support stricter...
As activists rally, priests show support by fasting
As hundreds of activists held small rallies in Cicero and the South Chicago neighborhood Monday to support immigration reform, others picketed the district offices of two congressmen who support stricter...
Pickers select McDonald’s
A delegation of laborers from Florida's tomato fields will take their pleas for higher wages and better working conditions to the doorstep of corporate giant McDonald's Corp. in Oak Brook...