Halloween Protest Demands Trauma Center At U Of C
Youth activists and University of Chicago students marched to the U of C Medical Center to demand that the hospital reopen its trauma center.
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Youth activists and University of Chicago students marched to the U of C Medical Center to demand that the hospital reopen its trauma center.
It was reading time and protest time for more than 100 city librarians and supporters Monday morning at a rally outside Mayor Rahm Emanuel's office at City Hall.
The Occupy Chicago protesters are trying to strike a deal with City Hall for a permanent place to gather, but haven't gotten very far.
Demonstrators had a two-pronged agenda when they took their protests to Mayor Rahm Emanuel's doorstep Wednesday afternoon.
About "Occupy Chicago" 100 protesters marched on the offices of Mayor Rahm Emanuel and legislative leaders downtown Tuesday.
Staff, parents and students from School District 300 in the northwestern suburbs were headed to Springfield on Monday to tell lawmakers they oppose extending existing tax incentives to keep Sears headquarters in Hoffman Estates.
A group of nurses picketed outside Mayor Rahm Emanuel's office Monday morning to express their outrage, after several nurses were arrested during the Occupy Chicago protests over the weekend.
Organizers of an anti-Wall Street protest in Chicago are gathering signatures on petitions they will send to Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
The Wall Street protests have spread across the county and have taken root in Chicago for nearly a month. But some are now asking: Is anyone really listening? Demonstrators believe they are, CBS 2's Dana Kozlov reports.
Chicago Police arrested about 175 Occupy Chicago protesters who refused to leave Grant Park early Sunday following a march from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago to the Downtown park.
A protest rally in northwest suburban Algonquin drew some 3,000 people, who said continued tax breaks for Sears would be lost revenue for schools in the area.
As Mayor Rahm Emanuel unveils his first budget, corporate protesters are taking their message to City Hall.
A day after "Occupy Chicago" protesters and union activists teamed up for a large rally in downtown Chicago, jobs and the economy remained key issues for protesters at a number of events in downtown Chicago.
Five women – the eldest 80 years old – were arrested Tuesday afternoon for dumping garbage in front of the Bank of America Chicago offices downtown in a protest.
Thousands of protesters flooded downtown Chicago Monday to participate in simultaneous marches to "Take Back Chicago."
Protesters from Occupy Chicago have been in Chicago's Financial District for two weeks, and on Friday, they will hold a march and rally downtown.
The "Occupy Chicago" protesters have been camped out in front of the Federal Reserve Bank at LaSalle and Quincy streets for 11 days.
In the spring, Chicago will host two big international meetings. And while the G8 and NATO summits are more than half a year away, protesters are already applying for permits to hold demonstrations.
A raucous crowd of postal workers braved the chilly drizzle at the Thompson Center on Tuesday protest the proposed closing of 3,700 branches across the country.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is facing a growing tide of discontent from the city's labor unions. Fired workers, rejected contract-compromises, and unanswered cost-saving ideas all have begun generating protests aimed at City Hall.
Protests are expected at the Kendall County Republican picnic Saturday, as the man known as "America's toughest sheriff" is expected to attend.
Some West Side elected officials and residents are upset the U.S. Postal Service is thinking about closing five post offices on the West Side as part of a cost-cutting move.
What would the Chicago Air & Water Show be without a topless protest? Men go topless all the time. So why not women? That was the message of a protest Sunday at North Avenue Beach, as a group of women fought for the right to bare their breasts.
Some protesters are planning to get a few things off their chests – in a very literal sense – at North Avenue Beach over the weekend.
A historical marker will be dedicated this weekend at the South Side's Rainbow Beach, which was the site of civil rights protests more than 50 years ago.
