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3 days of marches against school closings planned
With just over a week before the Chicago Board of Education votes on a proposal to close 54 schools, the Chicago Teachers Union and other activist groups said Monday they would hold marches over three days to protest the plan. The marches will begin...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Chicago Mayor, Politics, Chicago Teachers Union, Rahm Emanuel
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ANALYSIS-For investor Loeb, Sony a likely winner even if spinoff fails
ReutersBy Svea Herbst-Bayliss May 14 (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Daniel Loeb likely faces an uphill battle to convince Sony Corp to embrace his proposal to spin off its entertainment arm, but he likely already holds a winning hand in his bet on the...Tags: Entertainment, Marissa Mayer, Siemens, Yahoo! Inc., Delphi Corp
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Man killed in Englewood neighborhood related to longtime activist
Tribune reportersThe great-nephew of a prominent Englewood community activist was fatally shot as he was driving from his great-grandmother's home Sunday afternoon in the Englewood neighborhood, according to family and police. Ronald A. Baskin, 21, of south suburban...Tags: Local Elections, Hospitals and Clinics, Mother's Day, Shootings, Gresham
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Russia's gays fear more violence after brutal murder
ReutersBy Thomas Grove and Steve Gutterman MOSCOW, May 13 (Reuters) - They beat him. They shoved beer bottles in his anus. They tried to set him on fire. Then they crushed his head with a heavy stone. A 23-year-old man in Russia's southern city of Volgograd...Tags: News Agency, Career and Workplace, Gay Rights, Lawyers, Religion and Belief
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Relative of Englewood activist Hal Baskin is fatally shot
The great-nephew of a prominent Englewood community activist was fatally shot Sunday in that neighborhood, according to family and police. Ronald Baskin, 21, of Lansing, was leaving his great-grandmother's home after stopping by to wish her a happy...
Tags: Murder, Local Elections, Shootings, Mother's Day, Politics
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Connecticut Moms Take Lead On Social, Political Causes
The Hartford CourantFar from the Hallmark holiday it's turned into, Mother's Day was conceived in the U.S. by female activists interested in expanding women's impact in society. In Connecticut and across the county, women are carrying on that tradition, incorporating their...Tags: East Haven, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Lobbying, Gun Control, Greenwich
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Egyptian prosecutor orders release of detained activist
ReutersCAIRO, May 11 (Reuters) - Egypt's public prosecutor on Saturday ordered the release of a prominent activist detained at Cairo airport after flying from the United States over allegations of inciting a demonstration. Ahmed Maher was a founder of the April...Tags: Cairo (Egypt), Egypt, Politics, Police Arrests, Mohamed Morsi
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Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of Malcolm X, is slain in Mexico
MEXICO CITY -- Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of slain civil rights leader Malcolm X, has been beaten to death in Mexico City, his battered body dumped near the famed Plaza Garibaldi, in what may have been a robbery gone wrong, police said Friday. News...Tags: U.S. Embassy, Shootings, Prisons, Mexico City, Politics
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Sword of division is poised over Iraq
BAGHDAD — Less than a year and a half after the last U.S. troops left, Iraq's political leaders are openly debating the prospect of two dangerous paths for their country: de facto division or civil war. Perhaps both. Tension between the Shiite...Tags: Government, Nouri Maliki, Lobbying, Islam, Iraq
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Cindy Montaņez in City Council District 6
Just once, it would be nice to encounter a well-prepared grass-roots candidate for the Los Angeles City Council. There is no good reason that a neighborhood activist or business owner can't do some homework and come to a council race with a well-crafted,...
Tags: Los Angeles Unified School District, Local Elections, Politics, Elections, Paul Krekorian
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EPA continues to release producers' personal information
The National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) is appalled to learn that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues to illegally release information on cattle operations to the activist groups Earth Justice, the Pew Charitable Trust and the...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Politics, Environmental Politics, Environmental Issues, Natural Resources Defense Council
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Police shield Jewish women activists in confrontation at Western Wall
ReutersBy Allyn Fisher-Ilan JERUSALEM, May 10 (Reuters) - Israeli police held back thousands of ultra-conservative Jews who tried to drive liberal women worshippers from Judaism's sacred Western Wall on Friday, marking a shift in the authorities' handling of...Tags: Israel, Culture, Customs and Tradition, Benjamin Netanyahu, Politics
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