The planned closing of Mercy Hospital underscores the dramatic loss of maternity services in Chicago over the past year ā reflecting the failure of local government agencies to adequately fund critical services in vulnerable communities
āIām really concerned because this movement is trying to undermine public education in this country, including higher education, and theyāre not honest about what theyāre doing and whyā
Republic workers sat down, risked arrest, and forced big banks to come up with their severance pay. They went on to reorganize their company as a workers cooperative
Any effort to block wage increases, gut workersā rights or healthcare, deport immigrants, or support racism or racist policies, will be met with unrelenting opposition
Once known as the Wild West of campaign finance regulation, Illinois is in danger of becoming the Brave New World of elite power politics, with voting rights one of the casualties.
A community organizing project of Access Living, DAWWN includes people with a variety of disabilities from communities across the city
For month after month, Chicagoans have been told that CPS has to close schools because it has a $1 billion deficit. How…
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