As of today, 300 workers at UIC have been infected with COVID-19, and two have died. On September 14 members of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 73 who work…
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This season was a bit different for Free Street Theater’s Storyfront Youth Ensemble, whose rehearsals went virtual after meeting only a few times. The Ensemble closed out their digital play…
photo by kevin dooley When Devin Frierson, a life-long resident of Woodlawn (a neighborhood on Chicago’s south-east side), witnessed local businesses being looted a few weeks ago, he was puzzled…
pictured: Janet Dhillon On August 17th, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) unveiled two “pilot” programs that significantly restructure the mediation and conciliation processes in an effort to upend discrimination…
Since the Stay at Home Order was initially announced, over 1000 evictions have been filed in Chicago. This is despite Governor Pritzker’s extension of the eviction moratorium originally put forth…
photo by Lenny Gilmore As of October 1st, Prop Thtr is leaving its storefront venue in Avondale, where it has been for the past 15 years. In a statement released…
photo by Lex Photography A post on Instagram and Twitter providing a graph of racial inequality at the executive level at major tech companies has been getting shared across the…
photo by Dain Nielsen As Congress reconvenes on Monday to discuss the future of pandemic relief, The United States is still losing millions of jobs every month since the coronavirus…
This week Illinois officials have released guidelines for students to return to classrooms this fall, including face coverings, social distancing and limits on the number of people in a gathering.…
photo by Karolina Grabowska According to the findings of the Small Business Administration, the majority of businesses that took advantage of their Paycheck Protection Program Loans were those with ties…
photo by Warren LeMay On Wednesday, Chicago’s Appointed School Board voted 4-3 not to end Chicago Police’s contract with Chicago Public Schools, working against the movement of activism in recent…
At a press conference on June 8, CTA workers announced claims against CTA management who “illegally broke up workers’ meetings discussing the safety and ethics of driving ‘police shuttles’ which…
