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Adopted poetry and children: The educators who sang for justice

Adopted poetry and children: The educators who sang for justice

The artists behind the anti-lynching tune "Strange Fruit" fought racist and anti-Communist terror with their voices, and in their personal lives.

BY: Calvin Edwards| June 5, 2025
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Doxey Wilkerson: A revolutionary educator

Doxey Wilkerson: A revolutionary educator

Through his life, Doxey Wilkerson demonstrated the importance of education as a major terrain of struggle.

BY: Michael O’Dea| June 4, 2025
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Labor leader Barbara Figueroa elected as new head of Chile’s CP

Labor leader Barbara Figueroa elected as new head of Chile’s CP

The former president of Chile’s main trade union federation will be leading the CP as it wrestles with the challenges facing the country.

BY: Combined Sources| September 27, 2023
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A people’s victory in Chicago

A people’s victory in Chicago

Chicago's mayoral, city council, and police district council elections show promise of a new day for the windy city's working-class and people.

BY: John Bachtell| May 10, 2023
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Chicago teachers’ tentative agreement benefits students

Chicago teachers’ tentative agreement benefits students

  Overcoming a last-minute snag from Mayor Lori Lightfoot, the Chicago Teachers Union, AFT Local 1, and their bosses in the Chicago Public School system reached tentative agreement on a...

November 8, 2019
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