A Storify project chronicalling the start of the NATO summit and the protests that occurred before, during, and after the start, including war veterans rallying against NATO.
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen was asked for his feelings on the 25th summit being held in Chicago by CBS 2's Jay Levine. Footage is from a press conference following the delegates' meeting on NATO's future involvement in Afghanistan on Monday, May 21.
A collection of photos from the first official day of NATO on Sunday, May 20, 2012, including the protests that occurred before, during, and after the start.
On Friday, May 18, National Nurses United, joined by members of the Occupy movement, marched and rallied in Chicago's Daley Plaza to protest against the current financial crisis affecting nurses and other public health care programs. Here is our Storify of the rally.
Members of Occupy Chicago and other protestors rallied against immigration removals on Tuesday, May 15, by marching from Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission in Pilsen to the federal immigration court at 525 W. Van Buren.
Videos from the Occupy DePaul rally outside and sit-in of the Lincoln Park Student Center on Friday, March 2, 2012. Occupiers are requesting that a Board of Trustees vote on potential tuition increases be withheld until there is an open forum to debate the issue.
Photos from Occupy DePaul's Friday night sit-in in the Lincoln Park Student Center. Students are requesting that a vote on a proposed tuition increase be halted until an open forum is heard on the matter.
2011 was a news-filled year. From the uprisings in the Middle East to the Occupy movement that started on Wall Street, 2011 was a year not to be forgotten.
Sen. Mark Kirk and Rep. Adam Kinzinger R-Ill. held a press conference at DePaul University to discuss the importance of sending care packages to troops stationed in the Middle East last week. They were joined with student veterans at DePaul. DePaul currently has 543 students who are military veterans.
A 3-story Lakeview apartment building caught on fire and spread to another building on Aug. 27. Two firefighters were injured while putting out the fire and taken to the Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in fair condition.
Today celebrates the 40th anniversary of the 26th amendment's ratification, which lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 years old. From the days of Hunter S. Thompson to the modern tweet, discussions about the youth's right to vote can be heard across many different platforms.
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Protestors gathered for a march through the Loop followed by a rally in the Daley Center Plaza as part of SlutWalk Chicago, an event designed to reclaim the word "slut" and open a dialogue about sexual assault and victimization.
div.imageRight, div.imagetop{display:none;} We all dance to the beat of our own drum. But contemporary dancers can even do it in silence. After I sat in on an entirely silent rehearsal for the Mordine & Co. Dance Theater's latest production, "NEXT 2011," artistic director and company founder Shirley Mordine explained that syncing choreography in the dead quiet is quite common in contemporary dance.
Louisiana-ers, Brass Bed, hit Logan Square's not-short-on-character Pancho's Bar on Monday, April 4 for the Chicago leg of their current tour. This tour is in support of the band's latest album, "Melt White," released last fall.
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