The Socialism 2013 Conference agenda is out! And look who made the cover of the program. Not Che, not Mao, not Lenin, Stalin or Marx. The Chicago Teachers Union! Since the early days of the Occupy movement in October 2011,
Chicago- Mayor Rahm Emanuel has announced he will begin cutting healthcare benefits to retired city workers over the next three years, displacing the cost burden from the city budget onto federal taxpayers. The Chicago Tribune reports: Still getting health insurance:
(AP) Anthony has 28, Knicks beat Pacers to stay aliveBy BRIAN MAHONEYAP Basketball WriterNEW YORKCarmelo Anthony made two jumpers to open the game, knowing it wouldn’t stay that easy. The defenses in this series are too good, so the difference
Outside of Chicago’s museums, gangs are killing each other at an alarming rate. But due to Chicago’s strict gun ban policies, inside those museums curators are not allowed to display historical firearms. In some cases, the museums are not even
LeBron James finished with 23 points and eight assists as the Miami Heat held on after blowing an 18-point lead to beat the Chicago Bulls 94-91 and advance to the NBA semi-finals. Dwyane Wade played through a nagging knee injury
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg criticized the Roe v. Wade decision Saturday, stating that it overruled the democratic will by handing down a decision made by “unelected old men.” Speaking at the University of Chicago Law School, the 80
Concession workers in San Francisco’s AT&T Park voted to authorize a strike even though most have full health care coverage and earn $15 to $20 an hour, perhaps raising another red flag as teams like the Sacramento Kings decide whether
New revelations that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) targeted Tea Party and conservative organizations for additional review and investigation–and that senior officials knew about the practice, despite earlier denials–have shed light on the IRS’s aggressive investigation of a new pro-Israel
(CNN) — The Chicago Crime Commission named a new Public Enemy No. 1 on Thursday, a designation originally crafted for Al Capone. The new holder of this dubious distinction, however, is not American nor believed to be in the United
Illinois State Police are scrambling to deal with a backlog of applications for Firearms Owner ID (FOID) cards. They received more than 28,000 applications in April alone, and those have not been added to the 76,000 backlogged applications from the
(AP) MLB suspends, fines umps after 2nd mistakeBy BEN WALKERAP Baseball WriterNEW YORKMajor League Baseball suspended umpire Fieldin Culbreth for two games on Friday because he was in charge of the crew that allowed Astros manager Bo Porter to improperly
By FRAZIER MOOREAP Television WriterNEW YORKNBC is ordering up a new comedy for fall from “Scrubs” creator Bill Lawrence and an updating of the `70s cop drama “Ironside.” The revived “Ironside” stars Blair Underwood as the paralyzed lawman who uses
Cook County commissioners were asked about Sheriff Tom Dart’s conceal carry proposal to be implemented in case Illinois state lawmakers do not pass their own conceal carry law by the June 9 deadline. Right now, Illinois is the only state that
If there was ever a moment in time when the American people could collectively glean knowledge from a “teachable moment,” the Obama Administration’s handling of the al Qaeda-related attacks on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya is surely one. From
Although Chicago comes in dead last when jurisdictions are ranked for enforcement of federal gun laws, there’s one thing that leaders in the city are enforcing–a ban on unloaded, historic firearms in Chicago museums. While gangs and other criminals have
On Tuesday, the question was whether the Miami Heat would beat the Chicago Bulls. On Wednesday, it changed back to whether the Heat would beat the 1996 Chicago Bulls, whose guard-turned-TNT-announcer Steve Kerr actually complained about the refereeing with the Bulls
Some artists might look at the corruption and frightening levels of gun violence in Chicago and paint a bleak portrait of its current mayor, Rahm Emanuel. Not Robert Redford. The actor/director, who recently spun on behalf of The Weather Underground
Most Americans did not notice when President Barack Obama tapped Representative Melvin L. Watt (D-NC) to become the new director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Created in 2008 to be an independent “world class regulator” for housing giants Fannie
That’s Ezekiel Emanuel, the doctor–not Rahm, current Chicago mayor and White House Chief of Staff when Obamacare was rammed through Congress. Suddenly, Dr. Emanuel has decided to draw attention to the major flaws in Obamacare–principally that it creates strong incentives for
It wouldn’t surprise me if you had not heard of him. That was on purpose. You got to know him, when he wanted you to. He ran a low profile, behind the scenes, but if there was ever a news
Monday 7 p.m. – Chicago at Miami: The big three are looking like prohibitive favorites for another NBA title, and with Derrick Rose still not playing this series looks lopsided. When you get past the top three players, the Bulls
Joakim Noah guaranteed what was perhaps one of the biggest upsets in playoff history since Joe Namath predicted the Jets upset of the Colts. His prediction counted on bench players-turned-stars in the photo with him (from left Noah, Nate Robinson,
(AP) Bulls beat Nets 99-93 in Game 7 By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK Joakim Noah had 24 points and 14 rebounds, Marco Belinelli also scored 24 points and the Chicago Bulls beat the Brooklyn Nets 99-93 on
(AP) Young gay athletes set tone for NBA coming out By MARTHA IRVINE AP National Writer CHICAGO You’ve probably never heard of Holly Peterson or Jonathan Jean-Pierre. One came out as a lesbian at age 15, when she was playing
After a non-impressive game one, the Chicago Blackhawks definitely played like a President Trophy winning team in game two. They beat the Minnesota Wild 5-2 and took a commanding 2-0 lead in the series. Patrick Kane’s goal in the first
