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Watch 9-Yr-Old Asean Johnson Fire Up Protesters to Fight School Closures
by Julianne Hing on May 21 2013, 3:31PM
Nine-year-old Asean Johnson may need to stand up on a chair to be seen above the podium from which he speaks, but he holds in him a wisdom and fire well beyond his years. Watch him address the crowds that…
Topics: /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth
Over 100 Chicago Students Boycott Standardized Test to Protest School Closures
by Julianne Hing on April 25 2013, 1:18PM
Chicago students join parents, lawmakers and educators around the country fed up with punitive testing regimes.
Topics: /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth
Chicago to Close 61 Public School Facilities to Address $1 Billion Deficit
by Jorge Rivas on March 22 2013, 11:11AM
Student advocates say the schools closures will disproportionately affect students of color and endanger the lives of those who may have to cross gang boundaries to attend school.
Topics: /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth
Family of Slain Woman Killed by Chicago Police Officer’s Aimless Shots Wins $4.5 Million
by Jorge Rivas on March 15 2013, 1:31PM
On Wednesday, close to a year after her death, the Chicago City Council approved a $4.5 million settlement for Boyd’s family.
Topics: Criminal Justice, /NOW Blog
Chicago Bulls Star Derrick Rose to Pay For Funeral of Slain 6 Month Old
by Jamilah King on March 14 2013, 10:18AM
Jonylah Watkins was shot multiple times.
Topics: /NOW Blog
Obama’s Fatherhood Meme Ruffles Otherwise Ardent Supporters
by Jamilah King on February 20 2013, 10:43AM
Critics are asking why the president sees family structure as the gun problem in Chicago, but not in Newton.
Topics: Chicago, Criminal Justice, Guns
‘This American Life’ Takes Uncanny Look Into Chicago High School
by Jamilah King on February 18 2013, 2:00PM
This American Life reporters from spent months inside of one Chicago high school as the trauma of the city’s gun violence unfolded.
Topics: /NOW Blog
Obama Pushes for Slow, Steady Progress to Combat Chicago’s Gun Violence
by Jamilah King on February 15 2013, 4:55PM
The president made an important stop in Chicago today.
Topics: /NOW Blog
Obama’s Chicago Guns Speech and the Value of Black and Latino Lives
by Jamilah King on February 15 2013, 8:57AM
President Obama has answered Chicago’s call to come home and address the city’s epidemic of gun violence. But will he lay out a plan for substantive reform?
Topics: Schools & Youth
5 Must-Know Facts About Chicago’s Gun Violence
by Jamilah King on February 15 2013, 8:55AM
The city’s carnage disproportionately impacts black and Latino youth.
Topics: /NOW Blog
Obama Plans Chicago Speech to Address Gun Violence
by Jamilah King on February 11 2013, 10:51AM
The president is finally going home to address one of the country’s most pressing issues.
Topics: /NOW Blog
It’s Still Not Enough for Michelle Obama to Attend Hadiya Pendleton’s Funeral
by Jamilah King on February 8 2013, 11:46AM
The community wants more.
Topics: /NOW Blog
Dispatch from Chicago: Stop the Violence…But How?
by Jamilah King on February 7 2013, 8:42AM
As the city becomes the face of urban gun violence, those working directly with the youth being killed struggle for satisfying answers.
Topics: Chicago, Criminal Justice, Dispatches, Guns, Schools & Youth
We’ve Got A Hugger: Sonia Sotomayor
by Jorge Rivas on February 6 2013, 11:42AM
Sotomayor is hugging a lot of kids on her book tour.
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog
Chicago Leads Nation in Murders, With Young People Under 25 Dying Most Often
by Jorge Rivas on January 30 2013, 2:53PM
Last year the windy city experienced 100 more murders than New York City, even though NYC has three times as many residents.
Topics: /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth
Chicago Girl Who Performed at Obama Inauguration Events Killed in Shooting
by Jamilah King on January 30 2013, 2:11PM
The girl died when a gunman opened fire on her and other teenagers at a park in Chicago.
Topics: /NOW Blog
11 Arrested at City Hall as Chicago Teachers, Families Unite to Defend Public Schools
by Julianne Hing on November 5 2012, 11:45AM
A growing coalition of teachers, students and parents is taking on Rahm Emanuel’s school closures agenda.
Topics: Education Reform, /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth
So Who Actually Won the Chicago Teachers Strike?
by Jorge Rivas on September 19 2012, 1:35PM
Chicago public school teachers voted on Tuesday to end their strike and resume classes Wednesday in the third-largest U.S. school district in the Nation.
Topics: /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth
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Chicago Pastor Takes on Clint Eastwood’s Invisible Chair, Racism [Video]
by Jorge Rivas on September 14 2012, 12:49PM
Perhaps taking some inspiration from Clint Eastwood’s Republican National Convention invisible chair stunt Rev. Moss touches on history, the upcoming election, and voter suppression.
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog
The School Reform Showdown in the Chicago Arne Duncan Left Behind
by Julianne Hing on September 14 2012, 9:37AM
The teachers strike in Obama’s hometown is an uncomfortable referendum on his education agenda
Topics: Schools & Youth
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