Amara Enyia’s campaign launched its “Power Hub” program on election day, the program collaborates with local businesses to create spaces to talk about change in Chicago. These locations have become…
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photo by ___ariel___ The election results keep rolling in, but for Chicago voters excited at the prospect of cannabis legalization, the overwhelmingly positive reception to cannabis funding Chicago Public Schools and…
photo from JB Pritzker’s website It was just announced from multiple sources that Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate just won his race for Governor of Illinois against Republican incumbent Bruce Rauner, securing…
Photo by H. Michael Miley If you for some reason haven’t heard, there is a national discourse happening around a “migrant caravan” travelling north through Mexico from Honduras. The size…
Photo by Mike Mozart It was announced this week that major retailer Target would be closing two of their locations on the South Side, at 8560 S. Cottage Grove and the…
For those already looking forward to gift giving season, Chicago-based leftist publisher Haymarket Books has decided to take a 90% off discount for all their books in the next week.…
This month rapper, producer, and Chicago local Kanye West has gotten a great deal of attention in the political arena nationally and locally in the last week. He has followed…
Photo by Charles Edward Miller In a move that was a surprise to some, Chicago’s favorite socialist alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa in the 35th Ward endorsed Toni Preckwinkle for mayor of…
Chance the Rapper teased on Twitter yesterday that he would be at city hall to make a mayoral announcement. Many rumored that he himself would be running, considering a series…
After Chance the Rapper’s much talked about endorsement of local activist Amara Enyia for mayor of Chicago, Enyia released a statement about next steps for her and for this collaboration.…
Photo from the Lift the Ban Coalition Facebook Page The Lift the Ban coalition is a bloc of community groups that have been leading a two-year campaign against Illinois’ ban on…
Through the invention of social media black activists have found a way to weaponize the violence black people have to deal with daily and use it to sway public opinion.…