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Though divestment has become synonymous with South Africa, it didn’t end there. Activists around the world are using it to hit private prison companies or national governments where it hurts most – in their pockets.
Many professors at the low end of the pay scale barely make a living wage, while some administrators at the public university get lavish paychecks.
While some call for raising the minimum wage, could a solution to poverty lie with something called an unconditional basic income?
Filing criminal charges against a police officer accused of a shooting is rare, but it happened in Chicago on Monday.
When she was arrested on Oct. 22, Rasmieh Odeh had been an American citizen since 2004. The charge? Lying on her naturalization application. What prompted Immigration and Customs Enforcement to take another look into the naturalization application of this prominent member of the Arab-American community nine years after she became a citizen?
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Another day, another billion dollar settlement for a bank involved in fraudulent mortgage practices that led up to the 2008 housing crash. But the settlement with JPMorgan only brings civil charges against the bank.
This isn’t the first time the Chicago Transit Authority has worked with Ventra parent company Cubic Transportation Systems.
Ventra system parent company has deep ties to national security. Cubic Corporation provides weapons training for the military; offers technology that transmits surveillance data from unmanned aerial vehicles, also known as drones; and tracks assets all over the world for both private and military clients.
The recent round of big-city elections seem to indicate a shifting political landscape. And, it appears to be heading leftward. These results play out nationally as discontent grows within Chicago’s progressive quarters.
Pensions have become a thorny and contentious issue in Illinois, but that wasn’t always the case. At one time, public jobs, and the long-term stability offered by public pensions, were an essential stepping stone for African Americans and, to a lesser extent, Latinos trying to move into the middle class.