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Did Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel blink? A report on what we know about a tentative deal that headed off the second teachers' strike in four years.

The problems facing the Spanish left mirror the crisis engulfing Europe.

Media in denial; Women’s mags get political; Trump’s ready to sue; Big Pharma gags; Racist code

Before the film was overshadowed by the revelation that Nate Parker was acquitted under dubious circumstances of sexual assault, The Birth of a Nation was lauded as an achievement in filmmaking. It received a standing ovation when it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Fox Searchlight acquired it for a record $17.5 million. Parker was praised for his visionary and brave retelling of the life of Nat Turner.

Vice President Jesse Sharkey said, "We're bargaining every day," and that talks would continue through the weekend. As of Monday morning, however, no deal had been made. CBS reports that if there isn't a deal reached by midnight, the strike will begin at 6 a.m. Tuesday.

Report from Black Alliance for Just Immigration reveals 2013 deportation rates for criminal grounds was 76% compared with 45% overall.

Each incarcerated worker in California generates $41,549 annually in revenue for the prison system, or $10,238 in profit. The financial losses to the California prison system are as much as $636,068 in revenue, or $156,736 in profit, for every day of the prison strike. For every day of the prison strike at the Central California Women’s Facility, the prison system lost $24,132 in revenue or $5,946 in profit. Moderator Note: Go to original source for endnotes.

Today Monday the nation celebrates a federal holiday known to many as "Columbus Day." While many across the country know this holiday as a day off of work, a growing number of us understand that it is just one of many ways that the federal government continues to oppress indigenous people in this country.

To flee from a war zone, only to be met with a fatal police bullet on the other side of the world: It's an uncomfortable, truncated narrative of an abbreviated life. This was how Alfred Olango's life concluded late last month, at the intersection of many forces of violence that converged at a San Diego suburb, in a scene that braided strands of war, policing, race and migration.

Brigades from different sectors are arriving in Baracoa to reestablish basic services and begin recovery efforts. The bridge over the River Toa is one of many structures affected by the hurricane, with only 50 of the 200 foot construction remaining.