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Chicago Restaurants Offering Free, Discounted Meals During SNAP Freeze blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/03/t...

Children tear-gassed. Teenagers tackled to the ground. Bellingcat analysed footage of clashes between federal officers and civilians after a judge issued a restraining order on crowd-control tactics in Illinois: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...

Rather than pandering to corporate interests, the wealthy elite, or a personal ego trip bent on abusing power (naming no names), Connolly offers a hopeful vision for a more compassionate and responsible approach to politics.

Pilsen's Massive Ofrenda Returns For Día De Los Muertos blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/30/p...

Your Grocery Store Will Close Without SNAP. In Trump Country First.... In some Red States, as much as 20% of grocery store revenue is SNAP/WIC spending... www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

The last completed CPD workforce allocation study dates to 2010, when former Mayor Richard M. Daley was in office. Studies completed in 2016 & 2022 were shelved by former Supts. Eddie Johnson & David Brown. The consent decree requires this study to be released to the public.

Here's Judge Ellis' full order after yesterday's hearing, which includes one change: Bovino has to appear today (and every weekday) in court at 5:45 p.m. "to account for the security needs of the Dirksen Courthouse"

Here’s What Trump’s Ballroom Donors Want prospect.org/2025/10/28/h...

SNAP Food Program Linked to Slower Cognitive Decline in Older Adults www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/w...

The Rot Creeping Into Our Minds www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/o...

Block Club Chicago Launches WhatsApp Channel Focused On Chicago Immigration News blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/15/b...

I Am One of 20 Million in US With Long COVID. RFK Pulled the Rug From Under Us. truthout.org/articles/i-a...

NBC just gutted the very teams that gave marginalized voices a seat at the table—then called it “restructuring.” The cuts: 📌NBC BLK (Black community coverage) 📌NBC Latino (Latino community coverage) 📌NBC Asian America (Asian American community coverage) 📌NBC Out (LGBTQ+ community coverage)

Immigration agents are going after U.S. citizens too.

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Chicago Cyclists Are Buying Out Tamale Carts To Keep Vendors Home And Safe From ICE blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/17/c...

The people guarding the US nuclear stockpile are being furloughed today. Meanwhile, Trump deemed those who helped him start trolling accounts on Bluesky and who disseminated his shitpost over the weekend essential. edition.cnn.com/2025/10/19/p...

America Is Pushing Its Workers Into Homelessness www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/o...

The Trump Era Will Test Us. What Are You Willing to Risk? www.yesmagazine.org/democracy/20...

Masked members of MAGA's paramilitary wing just unleashed new bedlam in Chicago, tear-gassing crowds and throwing people to the ground. This is accomplishing Trump/Stephen Miller's goal of ferociously turning Americans against each other. newrepublic.com/article/2018...

My report from Chicago on the Trump administration's war on immigrants and how people are pushing back, protecting their neighbors through newly-formed community safety networks, spontaneously confronting ICE agents in the streets & more — at @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/reportage/ch...

Block Club Chicago Launches WhatsApp Channel Focused on Chicago Immigration News blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/15/b...

BREAKING Your government insults your intelligence & says you passed their IQ test. The SAME administration that fired an economist for reporting statistics on the economy is asking you to NOT BELIEVE lower statistics on crime, NOT SEE safer streets, & ACCEPT the #NationalGuard in your front yard.

COVID-19 infection associated with increased risk of new-onset vascular dementia in older adults Prior COVID-19 infection was associated with a 41% increased risk of all-cause dementia. www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cov...

Mass Deportations Drain Economic Growth www.dollarsandsense.org/mass-deporta...

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Vijay Prashad: Liberals Paved the Way to the Far Right consortiumnews.com/2025/09/02/v...

The Deep and Enduring History of Universal Basic Income thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-deep-and... #Economics #EssentialKnowledge #UniversalBasicIncome via @mitpress.bsky.social

Why the Working Class Matters by Yanis Varoufakis @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/RyAxpeY

Pritzker Praised for Call to Oust Trump Via 25th Amendment After Threatening US Cities www.commondreams.org/news/pritzke...

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Trump Administration Will Deploy 100 National Guard Troops to Illinois www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...

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The Newest Face of Long-Term Unemployment? The College Educated. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/b...

One-third in Chicago area can't afford cost of living, leaving them at risk of food insecurity chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/09...

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"Husband wins Ohio lottery scratch-off, plans to cover wife's cancer treatment" The United States is one of the wealthiest countries in the world and should provide universal healthcare. No one should have to win the lottery to afford cancer treatment. www.freep.com/story/money/...

America’s problems are simple to diagnose and solve. Let’s stop pretending everything is complex and entertainingly counterintuitive. www.levernews.com/its-just-not...

Northwestern’s President Will Resign After University Faced Republican Pressure www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u...

RFK JR: It's going to have a it's going to it's going to be the biggest infusion of federal dollars into rural health care in American history. SANDERS: You know why? Because you're cutting $150 billion for rural hospitals. You're putting $50 billion back. That's not an infusion.

Democrats lay into RFK Jr. “Sir, you’re a charlatan. That’s what you are. You’re the one who conflates chronic disease with the need for vaccines,” Sen. Maria Cantwell told the Health Secretary.

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Kurt Vonnegut Diagrams the Shape of All Stories in a Master’s Thesis Rejected by U. Chicago www.openculture.com/2014/02/kurt...