Occupy Oakland: An interview with The Coup's Boots Riley

Nov. 1, 2011
Boots Riley says that when the Occupy movement started, he wasn’t sure what to make it.

Cemetery rowdiness hits South Side

Nov. 1, 2011
Currently, Illinois cemeteries don’t have to be licensed. Lack of oversight was blamed in part for problems at a cemetery in Chicago’s south suburbs. Burr Oak became embroiled in scandal two years ago after it was alleged that employees were reselling burial plots.

City, county budgets could hit suburbs

Nov. 1, 2011
The latest budgets from the City of Chicago and Cook County proposed challenging cuts along with new taxes and fees.

Fund doesn't cover all collapse victims

Oct. 31, 2011
INDIANAPOLIS -- Some people injured when high winds toppled stage rigging at this summer's Indiana State Fair aren't eligible for money from a charity fund for victims because they weren't admitted to the hospital, officials said.Under a protocol set up with help from a victims' compensation special

Occupy Oakland calls for a general strike this week

Oct. 31, 2011
The weekend brought confrontations with police in Denver, Portland and a handful of Texas cities  -- even a face-off between Chicago police and law enforcement at the Thomson Center -- but nothing as devastating as last week’s full-on riot in Oakland, which has now become the epicenter of the O

What's ahead for Occupy Chicago?

Oct. 31, 2011
Anyone who has survived a Chicago winter knows it is not for the faint of heart: It is cold, it is dark, it is gray and it is unforgiving.Similarly, political missteps in the Windy City can be just as treacherous.

Month in Review: A look at the news occupied October headlines

Oct. 31, 2011
It was October 31, which meant that it was Halloween and time for Month in Review. October was a busy month in the world of news, so Eight Forty-Eight welcomed guest host Steve Edwards and three experts to help make sense of the headlines: Rick Pearson, political reporter at the

In Kabul, a bowling center offers respite from war

Oct. 30, 2011
In an Afghan capital scarred by years of war, a young Afghan woman has bet $1 million that her countrymen could use a little fun.Located just down the street from Kabul's glitziest mall, is The Strikers, the country's first bowling alley and owner Meena Rahmani's gamble on the capital's newest enter

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