http://www.examiner.com/x-2929-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner?cid=exrss-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:18:28 -0700 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 23:31:55 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-2929-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m4d20-The-Rigo-Padilla-story-A-DREAM-of-an-act?cid=exrss-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner Rigo Padilla was in and out of his April 8 Immigration Court hearing in less than 10 minutes. The judge granted him a second — and final — extension to find legal representation and file a motion in his deportation proceedings. But since ... Immigration Sun, 19 Apr 2009 23:31:55 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2929-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m4d20-The-Rigo-Padilla-story-A-DREAM-of-an-act?cid=exrss-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2929-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m4d17-ICJPE-conference-as-Tea-Party-antidote?cid=exrss-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner Although I'm usually a shoo-in at protests, yesterday's Tea Party was an exception; not only did I have no intention of going, I couldn't even decide whether the whole thing was laughable or scary.  But now I'm scared. The crowd wasn't nearly as... Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:23:15 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2929-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m4d17-ICJPE-conference-as-Tea-Party-antidote?cid=exrss-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2929-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m4d8-Open-Letter-from-Rigo-Padilla-to-Senator-Durbin?cid=exrss-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner Rigo Padilla has issued an open letter asking Sen. Richard Durbin to intercede in his deportation case. Below is the text of the letter: Senator Durbin,  My name is Rigoberto Padilla and I have been in this country since the age of 6. I started... Immigration Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:45:08 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2929-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m4d8-Open-Letter-from-Rigo-Padilla-to-Senator-Durbin?cid=exrss-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2929-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m4d7-Police-torture-activists-barred-from-Lisa-Madigans-office?cid=exrss-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner Judge Paul Biebel is expected to rule today on a request by Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan to hand five torture cases related to former Chicago Police Cmdr. Jon Burge back to the Cook County State's Attorney. Several community organizations t... criminal justice Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:25:52 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2929-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m4d7-Police-torture-activists-barred-from-Lisa-Madigans-office?cid=exrss-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2929-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m4d4-The-Rigo-Padilla-story-When-is-a-DUI-not-just-a-DUI?cid=exrss-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner The future was looking bright for Rigoberto Padilla until three months ago. He was beginning the last semester of his associate program in Latin American & Latino Studies at Harold Washington College, he had just been elected president of the col... Immigration Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:49:13 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2929-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m4d4-The-Rigo-Padilla-story-When-is-a-DUI-not-just-a-DUI?cid=exrss-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2929-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m4d3-Chicagoans-say-no-the-Olympics?cid=exrss-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner The flurry of protest activity surrounding the International Olympic Committee visit can be divided into two categories. First there are the people who wouldn't really mind us hosting the 2016 Olympics, just as long as they can squeeze some benefits ... Olympic swindle Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:26:59 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2929-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m4d3-Chicagoans-say-no-the-Olympics?cid=exrss-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2929-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m3d21-Tamms-Year-Ten-fights-to-save-Hamos-bill?cid=exrss-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner State Rep. Julie Hamos (D-18th) introduced in February HB2633, a bill that would for the first time establish clear standards on which prisoners may be transferred to Tamms Correctional Center, the only supermaximum security prison in the state, and ... Prison reform Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:59:47 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2929-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m3d21-Tamms-Year-Ten-fights-to-save-Hamos-bill?cid=exrss-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2929-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m3d20-Chicago-observes-the-6th-anniversary-of-the-Iraq-War?cid=exrss-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner Behind the scenes: How the protest came togetherAt first things didn't look so good. The opening rally was scheduled for noon, and at 11:30 a.m. there appeared to be no more than a couple hundred people at the corner of Marshall Boulevard and Cermak ... Peace movement Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:30:00 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2929-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m3d20-Chicago-observes-the-6th-anniversary-of-the-Iraq-War?cid=exrss-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2929-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m3d18-Organizing-Chicagos-response-to-the-6th-anniversary-of-the-Iraq-War?cid=exrss-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner After more than six years of protesting against wars in the Middle East,  there's a high level of predictability to the proceedings — sometimes depressingly so. But on the organizing front, there have also been some interesting changes in ... Peace movement Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:39:46 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2929-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m3d18-Organizing-Chicagos-response-to-the-6th-anniversary-of-the-Iraq-War?cid=exrss-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2929-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m3d17-Cabinet-company-layoffs-draw-protest?cid=exrss-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner Members of Teamsters Local 743 and other unions protested outside Fillip Metal Cabinet Company at 701 N. Albany Ave. on Monday afternoon. Employees were informed about three weeks ago that the factory was being sold and may shut down. Local 743 r... Labor Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:41:54 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2929-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m3d17-Cabinet-company-layoffs-draw-protest?cid=exrss-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2929-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m3d6-5th-District-Dem-special-primary-election-postmortem?cid=exrss-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner Instead of using the Web to obsessively follow every move in the 5th District special primary election (some people did), I formed opinions about the candidates aiming to fill Rahm Emanuel's former seat by attending two separate forums, paying specia... Replacing Emanuel Fri, 06 Mar 2009 01:36:57 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2929-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m3d6-5th-District-Dem-special-primary-election-postmortem?cid=exrss-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2929-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m3d1-Trib-Watch-Tamms-Year-Ten-Committee-responds-to-flawed-article?cid=exrss-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner On Saturday, the Tamms Year Ten committee sent a message on its mailing list about the Tribune story I had critiqued a day earlier, urging supporters to go on the Trib's Web site and comment on the story. We really appreciate the fact that the Tribu... Prison reform Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:55:14 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2929-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m3d1-Trib-Watch-Tamms-Year-Ten-Committee-responds-to-flawed-article?cid=exrss-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2929-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m3d1-The-latest-on-the-permit-fray?cid=exrss-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner I predicted a few days ago that Wednesday's victory didn't mean that the battle over the permit for the March 14 anti-war and immigrant rights march was over, and I've been proven right — but the latest development was not what I had fores... Chicago chicanery Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:27:10 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2929-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m3d1-The-latest-on-the-permit-fray?cid=exrss-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2929-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m3d1-From-activists-to-alderman-calls-for-Madigan-to-probe-Burge-cases?cid=exrss-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner About 30 people rallied in front of the Cook County Courthouse last Friday in response to a call from the Campaign Against the Death Penalty. After hearing testimony from Darrell Cannon and Anthony Holmes, who spent decades in prison based on confes... criminal justice Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:23:58 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2929-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m3d1-From-activists-to-alderman-calls-for-Madigan-to-probe-Burge-cases?cid=exrss-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2929-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m2d27-Trib-Watch-What-they-didnt-say-about-the-supermax?cid=exrss-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner The Trib published today an article and a photo gallery about life at Tamms Correctional Center, the only supermaximum security prison in Illinois. Since I've never had the displeasure of visiting Tamms, I can't quibble with Gary Marx's description o... Prison reform Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:17:48 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2929-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m2d27-Trib-Watch-What-they-didnt-say-about-the-supermax?cid=exrss-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2929-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m2d27-Board-of-Ed-votes-but-fight-to-save-16-schools-continues?cid=exrss-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner The vigilance displayed by educators, parents and activists who packed token hearings at 22 public schools targeted by the Renaissance 2010 program had a partial payoff. On Monday, a day before the vote that would decide the schools' fate, the Board ... Education Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:04:08 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2929-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m2d27-Board-of-Ed-votes-but-fight-to-save-16-schools-continues?cid=exrss-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2929-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m2d26-What-does-it-take-to-get-a-permit-in-this-town?cid=exrss-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner The record shows that the city was tenacious and occasionally mendacious in its efforts to suppress anti-war protest in the past six years (yes, it's been that long), and history is repeating itself in 2009. The first time Senior Counsel Tom Doran a... Chicago chicanery Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:22:37 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2929-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m2d26-What-does-it-take-to-get-a-permit-in-this-town?cid=exrss-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2929-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m2d25-Foreclosure-Anarchist-squatters-to-the-rescue?cid=exrss-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner The Tribune published Sunday a front page story on the impact soaring foreclosures are making on some Chicago neighborhoods.  An alleged anarchist group responded by offering to help besieged homeowners by squatting in their threatened property.... Reality check Wed, 25 Feb 2009 07:31:23 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2929-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m2d25-Foreclosure-Anarchist-squatters-to-the-rescue?cid=exrss-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2929-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m2d24-Analysis-Judge-finds-some-strips-searches-at-Cook-County-Jail-unconstitutional?cid=exrss-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner Federal Judge Matthew F. Kennelly issued Monday a ruling on a class action lawsuit representing more than 300,000 former Cook County Jail detainees, and he found that some issues were so clear-cut that there was no reason to bring them before a jury.... criminal justice Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:44:44 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2929-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m2d24-Analysis-Judge-finds-some-strips-searches-at-Cook-County-Jail-unconstitutional?cid=exrss-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2929-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m2d24-Cook-County-detainees-detail-strip-search-indignities?cid=exrss-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner On Jan. 13, 2005, Kim Young was arrested on an outstanding traffic warrant and taken to Cook County Jail. According to Young, a female guard made her stand behind a partition, take her clothes off, squat, and cough; she put her clothes back on, and t... criminal justice Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:03:58 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2929-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m2d24-Cook-County-detainees-detail-strip-search-indignities?cid=exrss-Chicago-Progressive-Examiner