As Chicago communities brace for ICE raids scheduled to take place on Sunday, thousands took to the streets on Friday and Saturday to protest them, along with the prison camps at the […]
Thousands of Chicagoans Protest Ahead of Potential ICE Raids
Elizabeth Warren at Chicago Town Hall: “We Need Power Elsewhere in the System”
Democratic presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren brought her stump speech to a packed town hall at the Auditorium Theatre on Friday night, calling out big money in politics, corruption in Washington, DC, […]
Warren, Biden, Buttigieg and Other Democratic Presidential Hopefuls to Appear in Chicago This Weekend
Fresh off the first set of televised debates, several Democratic presidential hopefuls will make appearances in Chicago over the weekend, most at the annual Rainbow PUSH Convention, titled “400 Years Later: Repairing […]
Gov. Pritzker Signs Bill Legalizing Recreational Marijuana
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed the Cannabis Regulation and Taxation Act (CRTA) into law Tuesday morning in Austin on Chicago’s West Side, making Illinois the 11th state to legalize the recreational use […]
Lawmakers in Springfield Finish Ambitious Agenda
Lawmakers in Springfield blew through an ambitious agenda over the weekend, passing a host of bills as the spring session of the General Assembly came to a close. The state legislature approved […]
Reproductive Rights Activists Rally and March Through The Loop
Hundreds of demonstrators packed into Daley Plaza and later marched through the Loop to Trump Tower Thursday evening to protest severe restrictions on abortion passed in several states across the country in […]
Reproductive Rights Activists to Rally Thursday
Reproductive rights activists will hold a rally on Thursday in Daley Plaza in the wake of sweeping legislation passed in recent weeks that heavily restricts reproductive freedoms in multiple states across the […]
Lori Lightfoot Becomes Chicago’s First Black Woman Mayor
Lori Lightfoot officially became Mayor of Chicago Thursday morning at a swearing in ceremony at the Wintrust Arena on the Near South Side, becoming the city’s first black woman and openly LGBTQ […]
Governor Pritzker Announces Plan to Legalize Marijuana by 2020
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and state lawmakers announced a bill over the weekend that would legalize the recreational use of marijuana for adults over the age of 21 beginning January 1, 2020. […]
City Council Approves Subsidies for Mega-Developments Amid Protest
After a 48-hour delay on the vote, the Chicago City Council approved $1.6 billion in subsidies for two mega-developments – Lincoln Yards and The 78. The vote first sailed through the Finance […]
Ahead of Lincoln Yards, The 78 TIF Votes, Opposition Demands City Council Continue Delay
Chicago teachers, students, and other community members rallied and marched around City Hall Tuesday evening to demand further delay to the looming vote on TIF subsidies for the Lincoln Yards and The […]
Vote on Controversial TIFs Delayed Until at Least Wednesday
A vote on two controversial TIFs that could cost the city billions was temporarily delayed Monday due to calls from multiple entities to put the vote on hold. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and […]
