The Zapatista Army of National Liberation staged a rebellion in the Mexican state of Chiapas in 1994. These indigenous peasants said they were fighting for equality and against exploitation.
The show is a one-of-a-kind, vintage photo exhibit that tells compelling stories about work and working-class people through the eyes of renowned photographer Milton Rogovin.
With legal reforms for an improved organizing climate at a standstill, workers, activists, unions, and lawyers are turning to new strategies to build worker power within existing workplace labor laws.
Heads of state from around the world are on the way to Copenhagen to conclude two weeks of climate-change talks. In a couple Latino neighborhoods of Chicago, meanwhile, environmentalists are hatching a climate plan of their own.
Lynn Manning is an award-winning poet, playwright, actor and former world champion in blind judo. He accomplished all of this after being shot and blinded in a bar fight at age 23.
Out of work and ready to rethink your career? Interested in learning more about job training resources and opportunities? Listen in to our community-building conversation hosted by the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum and WBEZ business and economy reporter, Adriene Hill.
Dolores C. Huerta is the cofounder and first Vice President Emeritus of the United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO (UFW). Huerta has played a decisive role in the American civil rights movement.
