Unions Protest Quinn On Governor's Day At State Fair
Governor's Day at the Illinois State Fair usually means interest groups will try to catch the governor's ear as well as those of his supporters. This year was no exception.
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Governor's Day at the Illinois State Fair usually means interest groups will try to catch the governor's ear as well as those of his supporters. This year was no exception.
Members of the Latino community, upset over a federal program called Secure Communities, or S-Comm, rallied in front of President Barack Obama's re-election headquarters Tuesday afternoon.
Protesters are camping out at the University of Chicago Medical Center Monday morning, calling for better emergency care on the city's South Side.
The heat was not as oppressive Wednesday as it has been for much of the past few weeks. Nonetheless, protesters were out in front of the Thompson Center, seeking monetary relief from the heat.
An Addison mother and three sons are being evicted from their home, and some activists are trying to prevent it.
Several groups are demanding that they be allowed to protest when the NATO/G8 summit comes to Chicago next year.
The latest sit-in at the Whittier Elementary School, in Pilsen, is in its third day, as protesting parents formulate a response to a warning from new Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard.
Civil unions between same sex couples become legal in Illinois next Wednesday, with the first ceremonies starting on Thursday. That's prompting joy in the gay community, but also an effort by gay marriage opponents to fight the new law.
Eight Greenpeace activists who rappelled under a Southwest Side bridge to prevent a coal barge from passing were arrested and charged with reckless conduct late Tuesday.
Hundreds are gathering this week to rally against proposed cuts to Medicare.
As many as six people were arrested during a protest this morning against current U.S. immigration laws at the Deportation Detention Center in Broadview.
Residents of the East Lakeview neighborhood are not backing down in their efforts to stop a Wal-Mart store from moving in.
Six protesters were charged with trespassing Wednesday, after climbing atop a coal pile at the Crawford electric generating station on Chicago's southwest side.
Demonstrators will be outside Holy Name Cathedral Tuesday afternoon, when priests of the Chicago Archdiocese celebrate mass in preparation for Holy Week.
A man who demonstrated outside Chicago's Church of Scientology last year is pleased that the citation he received has been deemed unconstitutional.
A lawsuit that led to the release of hundreds of e-mails to Wisconsin's Gov. Scott Walker has resulted in the resignation of a prosecutor in Indiana.
A noisy demonstration outside a Chicago School Board meeting today indicates that the controversy over an old field house at Whittier Elementary School is not over.
Dozens of Chicago homeowners stormed the Bank of America office downtown Wednesday, complaining that the bank is dragging its feet on their loan modification requests.
The poor - and those who work to help the poor - held a large noontime rally in the Loop to protest what they say are federal budget cuts that will leave them in the lurc
Hundreds of men and women gathered at the Thompson Center on Saturday as a show of solidarity in protest of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to strip unionized state employees of most of their collective bargaining rights.
Activists angered by human services budget cuts in Washington blocked an intersection at rush hour Friday, prompting arrests.
Planned Parenthood held a midday rally in the Loop to protest the recent vote in the House of Representatives that would bar all federal funding for the organization, which provides health care to poor women, including abortions.
Indiana Democrats did not show up for work on Tuesday, shutting down the statehouse on Tuesday and preventing a vote on a controversial union work bill.
Some Chicago workers will be joining the protest in Wisconsin, against Republican Gov. Scott Walker's plan to strip collective bargaining rights from most public employees.
Libyan forces have reportedly killed as many as 200 demonstrators who want to end the regime of Moammar Gaddafi. Chicagoans are now adding their voices.
