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NLEI Offers Free Programs
The National Latino Education Institute is currently offering two free programs for individuals looking to update their job skills. Join NLEI on their nine week free program where you can… Read more
SEIU Local 1 President Tom Balanoff: ‘Congress Must Take a Stand Now’ to Protect Working Families Under TPS
This week, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it is terminating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than 200,000 Salvadorans, the largest group protected under TPS, who have… Read more
Rep. Davis Hosts Winter Resource Fair with Peoples Gas and CEDA to help Chicago residents
U.S. Rep. Danny K. Davis joined Peoples Gas and CEDA (Community Economic Development Association) to host the 13th annual Winter Resource Fair at Mark T. Skinner Elementary School, 1260 W…. Read more
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
