In May 1886, a Chicago labor rally turned deadly when a bomb was thrown and police retaliated with gunfire. Several labor activists, most of them immigrants, were convicted of conspiracy to incite ...

Today is May 1, May Day, a workers’ holiday in most nations, although not the U.S. The holiday has its origins in Chicago, as a commemoration of the 1886 Haymarket Affair. On May 4, 1886, a bomb ...

On Monday we celebrate May Day, also known as International Workers Day, a holiday forged by the Haymarket Affair that took place right here in Chicago in 1886. May Day is a moment to reflect on ...

May 4, 1886, remains the most devastating day in the history of the Chicago Police Department, and is commemorated with a statue that stands outside Chicago Public Safety Headquarters, 3510 S ...

May Day immigration marches While labor and immigrant rights are historically intertwined, the focus of May Day rallies in the U.S. shifted to immigration in 2006. That’s when roughly 1 million people ...

FILE - Participants in an immigration rights rally walk under a giant American flag during a march through downtown Chicago, May 1, 2006. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File) CHICAGO (AP) — From worker ...