A group of approximately 20 demonstrators Wednesday protested the potential sale of all or some of the Tribune Company to the Koch brothers, Charles, 77, and David, 72, the billionaire industrialists and supporters of conservative causes.
According
to protesters, if the Kansas-native Koch brothers were to own the
Chicago-based multimedia corporation, right-wing propaganda will be
pushed through mainstream media.
Activists protested outside of
the Tribune Tower, at 435 North Michigan Ave., and attempted to deliver a
letter to Bruce Karsh, chairman of the board for the Tribune Company,
asking him to intervene on the potential sale. Karsh is also the owner
of Oaktree Capital Management LP, the Tribune Company’s largest shareholder.
“People
need independent, objective, daily journalism that they can trust—not
libertarian propaganda,” the letter addressed to Karsh, who was elected
chairman in January, reads. Read more »
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Energy was high outside the Chicago Board of Education meeting
Wednesday morning as education activists, union members, teachers,
students and parents gathered in anticipation of a vote that could close
a staggering amount of schools across the Chicago Public Schools (CPS)
district. 
Education activists headed to Springfield early Wednesday morning to lobby for a moratorium on school closings. Their campaign for legislative action comes on the same day as the Chicago Board of Education votes on a
proposal to close a record-breaking number of public schools in Chicago. Meanwhile, the Illinois General Assembly has less than one month left in the spring session, which ends May 31.
After more than 70 percent of O’Hare’s recently hired janitors voted in favor of 
