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Enthralling new ‘Chicago Stories’ docs recount milestone events in rich detail

Films on WTTW-Channel 11 offer context for key junctures from the Our Lady of the Angels fire to Mayor Richard J. Daley’s urban renewal efforts,

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 16, 2023

How the Solidarity of Black Workers Advanced Labor Rights for All

A scholar uncovers her family’s story, and America’s.

Capital & Main · Jul 24, 2023

Hollywood on the picket line – 5 unsung films that put America’s union history on the silver screen

Some of Hollywood’s top stars are joining screenwriters on the picket line after the main U.S. actors union voted to take part in an ongoing strike.

The Conversation · Jul 14, 2023

Black union pioneers honored on Labor Day

“Despite Jim Crow and the challenges that Black people faced, people who worked on the railroad had an opportunity to build a better life,” Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said during an event at the Pullman National Monument and State Historic Site.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 6, 2022

5 movies about our rich labor history

Is a Hollywood drama about angry Starbucks baristas or frustrated Amazon warehouse workers far behind?

Salon · Sep 5, 2022

5 unsung films that dramatize America's rich labor history

Unions are more popular now than at any time since 1965, and the U.S. is in the midst of a new upsurge of union organizing. Is a Hollywood drama about angry Starbucks baristas or frustrated Amazon warehouse workers far behind?

The Conversation · Aug 22, 2022

‘We draw you in with beauty’

The Chicago Botanic Garden, marking its 50th anniversary with outdoor art, strives to delight, preserve and teach.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 14, 2022

‘Pullman Company Maids’ exhibit captures Black women’s work experience during Jim Crow

Long overshadowed by the porter men, the maids were smaller in number. Often they were the only Black female employee within a Pullman car.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 21, 2022

Afternoon Edition: May 2, 2022

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 2, 2022

Spotlight shines on Pullman porters in major expansion of South Side museum

A museum dedicated to the men was temporarily closed during the pandemic, but a grant allowing it to expand will help revitalize the northern end of the neighborhood, which is sometimes overlooked after Pullman was declared a National Historic Monument.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 1, 2022