photo by Karolina Grabowska Many workers will see a pay increase this year in Illinois as the Senate Bill Gov. Pritzker signed into law in 2019 continues its gradual increase…
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photo by Karolina Grabowska I wanted to write an article about transitioning to 2021, and in 2020’s uniquely personal and intimate kind of way, it didn’t feel right unless I…
As 2020 comes to a close post November’s election, many are already looking to January’s runoff in Georgia. Two of its senate races ended with neither senator getting the mandatory…
photo by Chris Eaves In a recent letter published in South Side Weekly, Bobby Vanecko the [relation] to former Mayor Richard Daley wrote extensively on his [relation], the cultural ramifications…
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.…
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…