Chicago Olympics Bid Brings Protests, Opposition (PHOTOS)
CHICAGO — (AP) The mayor, the president and Oprah Winfrey may hope to return to Chicago from Copenhagen with the 2016 Olympic Games, but some ar...
CHICAGO — (AP) The mayor, the president and Oprah Winfrey may hope to return to Chicago from Copenhagen with the 2016 Olympic Games, but some ar...
NBC Chicago | Posted 09.30.2009 | Chicago
Six people were arrested at a small anti-Olympic protest Tuesday night in Daley Plaza....
Dave Zirin | Posted 09.29.2009 | Chicago
The very idea that Chicago could be the setting for the Olympics might have been hatched by Jon Stewart for a four-year supply of comedic fodder.
AP | SOPHIA TAREEN | Posted 05.03.2009 | Chicago
Protesters took their causes to the streets Thursday as an International Olympic Committee delegation arrived in Chicago -- their first stop among fou...
AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 05.02.2009 | Chicago
Mayor Richard Daley wants Chicagoans to show they're revved up about the city's chance to host the 2016 Summer Olympics as an International Olympic Co...
Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 05.01.2009 | Chicago
Chicago taxpayers have been "very good to public employees," Mayor Daley said Tuesday, advising police officers preparing to embarrass him by picketin...
AP | Posted 04.17.2009 | Chicago
Opponents of the city of Chicago's efforts to land the 2016 Olympic Games say they will hold a rally on the day international Olympics officials visit...
Chicago Reader | Mick Dumke | Posted 09.29.2008 | Chicago
For years environmental advocates have been trying to get the coal-burning power plants in Pilsen and Little Village to close down or clean up, citing...
AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 10.01.2009 | Chicago