Photo by Danny Martinez On Tuesday the Chicago City Council voted 29-21 to pass Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s 2021 “Pandemic Budget,” with individual council members’ decisions leaving fractures on the left.…
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When Myesha-Tiara was starting her new theatre company, Perceptions Theatre back in November 2019, she was excited to bring theatre to the South Side of Chicago and highlighting work and…
photo by Brady Wahl Illinois has had a ban on Rent Control since 1997. That’s when Illinois passed the Rent Control Preemptive Act, which prohibits municipalities from “enact[ing], maintain[ing], or…
photo from DSA For progressives, especially of the socialist variety, the focus for a while has been on the local. A group of newly elected New York State Assembly members…
Colectivo’s unionization effort started back in May, spurred by the pandemic to provide worker representation amid pandemic safety concerns. Now, management is starting to retaliate. Colectivo, a chain with locations…
“In a world stricken with grief and loneliness, divided by our need to stay healthy, we asked ourselves how we could come together as artists and human beings. We present…
This month city council members across the city have called for Chicago’s administration under Lori Lightfoot to consider a program that would introduce crisis response without police in certain circumstances.…
photo by Donald Tong The Sentencing Project, a non-profit and advocacy center focused on decreasing incarceration in the U.S., published a report earlier this month finding that 5.2 million, or…
Logo by tara branham, illustration by cape horn Theaters throughout the city have had the unique experience of needing to figure out how to produce amidst quarantine conditions, but none…
photo by Ben Schumin In August, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced pilot programs targeting changes to the conciliation process that would decimate worker’s rights spearheaded by EEOC Chair…
There is a freshly poured beer in a glass. It does not come from concessions – just my fridge in the kitchen. The room is dimmed, house lights down. One…
Jesse Howard has been producing art in Chicago since the 1980’s and he hit a milestone on October 10th. His first solo exhibit, The Spirit of Community, premiered at the…
