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South Side Community Group Files Lawsuit Against Chicago Park District Over Obama Presidential Center Records
The Coalition To Save Jackson Park (CTSJP) filed a Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Chicago Park District Tuesday, seeking withheld records regarding the Obama Presidential Center proposed… Read more
Madigan Files Suit to Stop Illegal Rollback of Net Neutrality
Attorney General Lisa Madigan and 21 attorneys general filed on Tuesday a multistate lawsuit to block the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) illegal rollback of net neutrality. The coalition filed a… Read more
Chicago Sets New Tourism Records in 2017
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Choose Chicago on Monday announced that visitors to the city in 2017 reached 55.2 million – a new record and 2.5 percent increase over the previous… Read more
Women’s March
By: Ashmar Mandou In two days the streets of Downtown Chicago will be taken over by demonstrators voicing an array of concerns from healthcare, immigration policies, to sexual misconduct, etc.,… Read more
Progressive Caucus Calls for Second Hearing, Independent Study to Expose Racial Disparities in Water Department
Days after a City Council Human Relations committee hearing exposing continues racist and sexist behaviors in the City Department of Water Management, the Progressive Reform Caucus laid out next steps… Read more
St. Procopius Takes Part in Migration Week
As part of National Migration Week, Saint Procopius, 1641 S. Allport St., seized this opportunity to reflect on the circumstances confronting migrants during a Sunday service dedicated to DREAMers and… Read more
Hunger Strikers Demand Better Conditions at McHenry County Detention Center
Another day without food, strikers seek to expose inhumane conditions at the McHenry County Detention Center. Twenty-one people currently being detained at McHenry Detention Center in Illinois launched a hunger… Read more
Chicago Park District Announces Winter Programming at Theater on the Lake
The Chicago Park District announced the first ever series of events and dates for arts and cultural programming in the winter at the newly renovated Theater on the Lake (TOTL)… Read more
Rincón Médico: Nutrición
Por: Ashmar Mandou Las resoluciones más comunes de Año Nuevo tienden a girar alrededor de la salud, la pérdida de peso, alternativas de comida más saludable, etc. Sin embargo, la… Read more
Kentucky’s Medicaid Cruelty
By: Daniel Nardini In what I can only call a very cynical move, the President Trump administration is allowing the State of Kentucky to require that all “able-bodied” individuals in… Read more »