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Post: Hunger strikers travel to D.C. to ask education chief Arne Duncan for help

On day 17 of their hunger strike over Dyett High School, two Chicago activists went to Washington to seek help from Arne Duncan.

On day 17 of a hunger strike over a Chicago high school, two activists traveled to Washington to ask Education Secretary Arne Duncan for help, the Post reports.
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by Lyndsey Layton

On day 17 without food, two of the dozen Chicago activists on a hunger strike over a city high school traveled to Washington to ask Education Secretary Arne Duncan for help.

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