Students across the country return to school today after celebrating Columbus, or Indigenous People’s Day. But in Chicago, many people expected classrooms to remain empty. The Chicago Teachers Union was set to strike unless...
The Milwaukee officer who fatally shot 23-year-old Sylville Smith last weekend has been identified as a fellow African-American who lived in the community and attended high school with the man he killed. FSRN’s Jacob...
Two more incidents of black people killed by police are galvanizing the movement for accountability in law enforcement this week. FSRN’s Nell Abram has more. Download Audio In Chicago, the Independent Police Review Authority...
Black Lives Matters protesters are vowing to take their demonstrations into the new year, saying police shootings of unarmed civilians continue with little progress toward police accountability. Policing scandals have fueled demands that Chicago...
A group of parents, educators and local advocates in Chicago who’d been on hunger strike for nearly 5-weeks ended their action Saturday. The group was demanding more input regarding the future of their community...
A hunger strike to regarding the future of a shuttered public high school in Chicago is now in its 4th week… and is growing. On Wednesday, three more people joined the original 12 hunger...
Appeals court rules NSA telephone metadata surveillance program is illegal French lower house passes sweeping security bill some call Patriot Act à la française Justice Department opens civil rights probe of Baltimore Police Department...
Chicago is now the first city in the U.S. to enact an ordinance ordering reparations for victims of police torture. Theresa Campagna has the story. Download Audio The emotion was palpable inside of City...
Framework agreement reached on Iran’s nuclear program and UN sanctions Nigerian presidential election results deliver historic shakeup Al Shabab attack kills 147 at Kenyan university Transparency activists want to shine a light on ‘dark...
In just under a week, Chicago voters will wrap up an historic mayoral runoff election, choosing either a mayor with strong Hollywood and White House connections, or the city’s first Latino mayor, who has...
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