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News & Opinion
Resurrection West Suburban Hospital Cooks the PR Books
Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics: RWS Hospital Cooks the PR Books by Bill Barclay Recently Pat Shehorn, the new CEO at Oak Park's Resurrection West Suburban Hospital (RWS; she also continues as CEO at Westlake Hospital in Melrose), had initiated a PR campaign to rehabilitate the hospital's image in the minds of the surrounding community. In both ads and letters to the... »
Renters In the Crosshairs
Community organizers are fighting for renters facing eviction because of foreclosure. By Daniel Fireside This article is from the March/April 2009 issue of Dollars & Sense. Subscribe Now. The United States is in the midst of a national foreclosure crisis that threatens to wreak havoc not just on homeowners, but also tenants, urban neighborhoods, and entire cities. Community organizers and legal activists are... »
Working for a New New Deal
By John Bactell People's Weekly World, 02/02/09 OAK PARK, Ill. - Nearly 100 activists and concerned citizens gathered on Sunday, Jan. 25 for a lively forum hosted by the Oak Park Coalition for Truth and Justice (OPCTJ) entitled, “A new, new deal: what should it look like?” http://www.opctj.org The gathering was like hundreds of others that have been held in the wake of the... »
A Jobs Program for the U.S.
Presented By the Chicago Political Economy Group This paper proposes a jobs program to address both the chronic problems of unemployment and underemployment in the U.S. economy and the debilitating economic and political impacts of growing inequality in the U.S. The jobs program... »
“Yes We Can, End the War!”: Opening Panel, UFPJ National Assembly
Opening Panel at the United for Peace and Justice National Assembly Chicago, Illinois - December 12, 2008 ))}}|.+)&%/" class="readmore"> »
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Feb. 20, 2010 - Obama Year One - Taking Stock: Where Are We and Where Do We Go From Here?Join leaders of the labor, peace, immigrant rights, healthcare reform, and economic justice movements in assessing the past year and current political conditions to determine ways we can work together towards progressive change.
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