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The participating students wrote a letter explaining that they were going to walk out for a number of reasons--but mostly, they walked out for their teachers.

Today’s school closings rally could be one of the biggest protests against CPS’s plan to close 54 public schools, but it’s unlikely to be the last. 

Chicagoans rallied Sunday in solidarity with thousands in Washington, D.C. for what is believed to have been the largest climate rally in U.S. history.

They hoped that doing so would send a message to pro-life students on campus and start a dialogue at a school that often ignores issues of sexual health. No one expected it would go as far as it did.

The local media misses a protest aimed at a controversial anti-Mulsim film — and a chance to educate the masses.

An administrative law judge has denied protesters' request to march though downtown Chicago at the start of the NATO summit.  City officials say they don't have the resources to deal with both motorcades and protestors during the summit's start on May 20.

The Arab League wants a joint Arab-UN peacekeeping mission to end the 11-month conflict in Syria. Damascus "categorically rejected" the resolution.