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Ankur Singh

(He/Him)
Chicago
As seen in: Thorax, Truthout, Chicago Reader, In These Times, The Progressive, Portside, Prism, Austin Weekly News, Cicero Independiente
Covers:  Labor, Education, Local Politics,
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My great-grandfather had a horse and a pistol.

My great-grandfather had a horse and a pistol.

reappropriate.co — He had a horse and a pistol. He also had a house that was so big that when British soldiers raided it, apparently they got lost and couldn't find a way out. At least that's what my father's eldest ...
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Oak Park Starbucks workers win union election despite retaliatory firing

Oak Park Starbucks workers win union election despite retaliatory firing

collectivistmedia.org — On Thursday, April 6 Amanda Carelli walked into what she thought was going to be just another average day at her job as a barista at the Starbucks in Oak Park. According to Carelli that day her store manager was off site all day for meetings.
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Does BDS solidarity lose elections?

Does BDS solidarity lose elections?

Chicago Reader — Data from the mayoral election shows that Chicagoans on both sides of the Israel and Palestine conflict were not single-issue voters.
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'This is the kind of stuff I've looked for my entire time in America'

'This is the kind of stuff I've looked for my entire time in America'

Chicago Reader — The Chicago Mehfil creates a space for South Asian arts that's free of casteism and religious nationalism and open to everyone.
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Starbucks CEO's Senate Hearing Was a Watershed Moment for Workers

Starbucks CEO's Senate Hearing Was a Watershed Moment for Workers

The Progressive — On Wednesday, March 29, former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz was questioned by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, dubbed HELP, about the company's anti-union campaign and violations of federal labor law during his reign. Schultz's testimony was a watershed moment for the labor movement.
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Activists push Amazon for quick open of West Side warehouse - Austin Weekly News

Activists push Amazon for quick open of West Side warehouse - Austin Weekly News

Austin Weekly News — On Valentine's Day a group of West Side residents and elected officials including Representative Delia Ramirez, State Representative and Chicago mayoral candidate Kam Buckner, and others gathered on the corner of Division and Kostner to show their love for their neighbors and called for more jobs in West Humboldt Park.
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Fired Proviso teacher speaks up for students from board podium - Forest Park Review

Fired Proviso teacher speaks up for students from board podium - Forest Park Review

Forest Park Review — A teary-eyed Jennifer LaBash stood at the podium during the public comment session at the Feb. 14 Proviso Township High Schools board meeting to express her love to her former students on that Valentine's Day. LaBash is a teacher who was fired by the district late last year after she spoke at the October board [...]
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South Asians are helping build Chicago's progressive movement - Chicago Reader

South Asians are helping build Chicago's progressive movement - Chicago Reader

Chicago Reader — Somebody organized Mueze Bawany's mom. He doesn't know who it was - maybe Matt Ginsberg-Jaeckle, a longtime community organizer who had been trying to convince Bawany to run for alderperson of the 50th Ward. Bawany and his family immigrated to Chicago's West Ridge neighborhood from Pakistan when he was three years old.
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Tension rises as Amazon delays opening West Side warehouse - Austin Weekly News

Tension rises as Amazon delays opening West Side warehouse - Austin Weekly News

Austin Weekly News — For the past several months residents of Chicago's West Side have driven and walked past a massive 140,000 square foot warehouse on the corner of Division and Kostner wondering when the Amazon facility would open and begin offering employment to folks in the neighborhood.
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D209 Teachers Not Fired But Tensions Still Hot - Village Free Press

D209 Teachers Not Fired But Tensions Still Hot - Village Free Press

Village Free Press — Student activists at a Nov. 15 D209 school board meeting at PMSA in Forest Park. | Paul Goyette Friday, November 18, 2022 || By Ankur Singh || @maywoodnews Tensions were high on Nov. 15, when a packed Proviso Township High School District 209 Board of Education meeting held at Proviso Math and Science Academy in Forest Park was cut short [...]
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D209 Superintendent Accused Of Intimidation, Asked To Resign - Village Free Press

D209 Superintendent Accused Of Intimidation, Asked To Resign - Village Free Press

Village Free Press — Members of Students for a Better Proviso hold signs critical of Supt. James Henderson at a Nov. 15 D209 school board meeting at PMSA in Forest Park. Ashley Stohl, one of the group's founders, is on the far right. | File Tuesday, December 27, 2022 || By Ankur Singh and Michael Romain || @maywoodnews Teachers, students and some board members [...]
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Bimbo Bakery Workers Allege Health Violations Amidst COVID-19 - Cicero Independiente

Bimbo Bakery Workers Allege Health Violations Amidst COVID-19 - Cicero Independiente

Cicero Independiente — Workers at Bimbo Bakeries in Cicero have accused the company of not doing enough to protect them from the spread of COVID-19. They claim the company has violated several CDC guidelines by failing to adequately sanitize facilities and not enforcing social distancing.
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Fearing for My Life During a Traffic Stop: Rising Police Violence in the Borderlands

Fearing for My Life During a Traffic Stop: Rising Police Violence in the Borderlands

Truthout — Where do you turn for credible, intelligent coverage of the issues that matter to you? If the answer is Truthout, support our work today with a tax-deductible donation! Three cop cars with their sirens blazing were coming fast behind me. It was a dark night in April 2017 in Nogales, Arizona, along the US-Mexico border.
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One teen's standardized testing horror story (and where it will lead)

One teen's standardized testing horror story (and where it will lead)

The Washington Post — Ankur Singh is a freshman at the University of Missouri-Columbia who is making a documentary film about how standardized testing has impacted young people. Here's Ankur's personal testing story and an explanation of what the movie is all about. Ankur published this here with the headline, "Who am I and why should you care about this silly documentary?"
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Black LGBTQ workers at Hostess claim discrimination, want jobs back - Austin Weekly News

Black LGBTQ workers at Hostess claim discrimination, want jobs back - Austin Weekly News

Austin Weekly News — On June 15, 2022, Danyell Wallace went to punch in for her shift at the Hostess factory in the Galewood neighborhood of Chicago. When she walked in for what she thought was a normal shift, she said she was told by a security guard that Human Resources wanted to see her.
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New Cicero/Berwyn Chess Club Aims to Build Community: 'Chess Emulates Life' - Cicero Independient...

New Cicero/Berwyn Chess Club Aims to Build Community: 'Chess Emulates Life' - Cicero Independient...

Cicero Independiente — Escareno is the founder of the Cicero/Berwyn Chess Club, which launched in October in order to encourage locals to come together and enjoy a game of chess while meeting fellow community members. Players range from those who have been playing chess for years to those who are just learning.
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How Two Years Of A Pandemic Sparked Action Among Cicero's Essential Workers: "I Didn't Feel Safe"...

How Two Years Of A Pandemic Sparked Action Among Cicero's Essential Workers: "I Didn't Feel Safe"...

Cicero Independiente — Since the start of the COVID-19 crisis, essential workers across Cicero have engaged in strikes, walkouts, press conferences, and more advocating for safer working conditions as they worked throughout the pandemic while risking their and their family's health. Meet three workers in Cicero who helped
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Breakthru Beverage Workers Enter Third Week of Strike: "Our Spirits Are High" - Cicero Independie...

Breakthru Beverage Workers Enter Third Week of Strike: "Our Spirits Are High" - Cicero Independie...

Cicero Independiente — Over 100 delivery drivers who are members of Teamsters Local 710 have been on strike since June 13, 2022 after they overwhelmingly rejected a tentative agreement bargained with Breakthru Beverage. The members expressed grave concerns about safety on the job, increasing load sizes, the inability of m
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The June 2022 Voter Guide: Voting 101 - Cicero Independiente

The June 2022 Voter Guide: Voting 101 - Cicero Independiente

Cicero Independiente — It's election season. With district lines having been redrawn after the 2020 census, and every state representative, 17 Cook County Commissioners and more positions open for elections, Cicero Independiente has created this voter guide to help you navigate the election process in Cicero and Berwyn as
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Unrest in Cicero How One Day Shook a Town -Stories

Unrest in Cicero How One Day Shook a Town -Stories

Cicero Independiente — What happened in Cicero on June 1 will forever be seared in the memories of those who witnessed them. The chaos that ensued led to violence, property damage, and further stoked racial tension in a community with a long history of it. The chaos also left rumors, confusion, questions, and fear-mongering.
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Two Bimbo Workers Dead, Others Fired After Raising COVID-19 Concerns at Cicero Factory - Cicero I...

Two Bimbo Workers Dead, Others Fired After Raising COVID-19 Concerns at Cicero Factory - Cicero I...

Cicero Independiente — Two employees at the Bimbo Bakeries Cicero factory have died from COVID-19 amidst what many see is a pattern of retaliation after the company fired two workers who spoke with Cicero Independiente to raise safety concerns about the lack of sanitation and social distancing.
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Video Hearings in Immigration Court Are Harming Immigrants' Cases

Video Hearings in Immigration Court Are Harming Immigrants' Cases

Pacific Standard — This is part of a series published with the Social Justice News Nexus at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. To read an earlier report see here. The balding, middle-aged man in an orange prison jumpsuit stared glumly into a video camera from a Midwest jail as his attorney far away at an immigration court hearing in Chicago talked about his 18-year-old client.
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Puerto Ricans Transform Closed Schools Into Community Centers

Puerto Ricans Transform Closed Schools Into Community Centers

Truthout — An empty school doesn't serve its purpose. The community loses a staple. The students are forced to travel farther to have the world open up to them through the classroom. Since Hurricanes Maria and Irma hit Puerto Rico in the fall of 2017, nearly 300 schools have closed on the island, due to migration after the storm and an ongoing financial crisis.
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