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Chicago-area hospital system cuts 100 jobs across multiple hospitals, clinics
The move comes after Illinois Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth sent the for-profit hospital group a letter citing concerns about recent cuts and reductions in services By Francie Swidler • Published June…

Chicago Braces For Surge In Immigration Raids As Mayor Brandon Johnson Urges City To ‘Resist’
The mayor’s chief of staff said federal agents received notice to deploy to five Democrat-led cities, including Chicago — where recent actions have already drawn thousands to the streets in…

ICE detains immigrants outside Chicago DHS office, sparking outcry and outrage
Several immigrants were detained Wednesday outside a Department of Homeland Security office in the city’s South Loop, according to officials. By Kasey Chronis and Cody King Published June 4, 2025 5:23pm CDT…

Chicago minimum wage set to increase July 1 along with changes for paid time off
By ABC7 Chicago Digital Team Wednesday, June 4, 2025 CHICAGO (WLS) — Chicago workers making minimum wage are set to get a raise starting next month. Starting July 1, the city’s…

3 People Killed, 24 Shot Across Chicago Over Memorial Day Weekend, Well Below Other Recent Years: Police
Matt Masterson | May 27, 2025, 11:47 am Three people were killed in shootings across Chicago during the extended Memorial Day weekend, making it one of the least deadly holiday weekends…

23 Whitney Young High School students get perfect ACT scores
23 students at Whitney Young High School, which is part of CPS, got perfect ACT scores, the most in the West Loop school’s history. By John Garcia Friday, May 30,…

Chicago’s Cardinal Cupich says Pope Leo XIV is “going to be a voice” for issues like immigration, climate change
By Kaia Hubbard Updated on: May 11, 2025 / 1:54 PM EDT / CBS News To watch video report, Click Here. Cardinal Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, said Sunday that he expects…

Protesters block traffic in Chicago’s Loop amid nationwide May Day demonstrations
Large crowds marching down city streets sparked rolling closures around the city’s Loop and Grant Park By Lexi Sutter and Associated Press • Published May 1, 2025 • Updated on May 1, 2025 at 2:54 pm Thousands of protesters…

‘They Still Deserve More’ protesters seek support for caretakers of people with disabilities
Funding increase has broad bipartisan support, but budget bandwidth remains uncertain by Maggie Dougherty, Tom O’Connor April 23, 2025 SPRINGFIELD — Protesters flooded the rotunda of the Illinois Statehouse earlier…
Local Organizations
Rainbow PUSH Coalition - We protect, defend, and gain civil rights by leveling the economic and educational playing fields, and to promote peace and justice around the world.
Chicago Urban League - Since 1916, the Chicago Urban League—through collaborative community, corporate and civic relationships—has helped people find jobs, secure affordable housing, enhance their educational experiences, and grow their businesses. One of the oldest and largest affiliates of the National Urban League, we promote strong, sustainable communities through advocacy, innovation, and collaborative community, corporate and civic relationships.
Grassroots Collaborative - Grassroots Collaborative builds power with working families through strategic community-labor organizing, grassroots leadership development, civic engagement, and training. We started in Chicago and our 9 member organizations and their 125,000 members, along with an effective and diverse set of ally organizations across movements create transformative change to win fully funded resources for our public schools, social services, and affordable housing that working families depend on.
First Defense Legal Aid - First Defense Legal Aid provides free, 24-hour legal representation to people in Chicago Police custody and educates Chicagoans about how to protect their constitutional rights. We undertake these activities to promote fairness and accountability in the justice system.
Inner-City Muslim Action Network - The Inner-City Muslim Action Network is a community organization that fosters health, wellness and healing in the inner-city by organizing for social change, cultivating the arts, and operating a holistic health center. IMAN incorporated as a nonprofit in 1997 through the drive of people directly affected by and deeply invested in social issues affecting communities of color living on Chicago’s South Side.
One Northside - Organizing Neighborhoods for Equality: Northside is a mixed-income, multi-ethnic, intergenerational organization that unites our diverse communities. We build collective power to eliminate injustice through bold and innovative community organizing. We accomplish this through developing grassroots leaders and acting together to effect change.
Polished Pebbles - The mission of the Polished Pebbles Girls Mentoring Program is to provide girls (7-17 years old) with the opportunity of learning the vital life skill of effective communication. Our Polished Pebbles Girls Mentoring program instills confidence in girls to face the challenges of daily life by substituting aggressive forms of communicating and problem solving with new strategies that allow them to gain a solid reputation and respect without retaliating.
Restore Justice Illinois - Restore Justice Illinois believes in the possibility of rehabilitation, redemption, and reunification with the community for all incarcerated people, even those who have committed the most serious crimes.
Safer Foundation - Safer Foundation is one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit providers of services designed exclusively for people with criminal records. We focus on helping our clients secure and maintain jobs because we understand that employment offers the best chance at successful re-entry.
Dovetail Project - We give young African American fathers – ages 17-24 – the skills and support they need to be better fathers for their children and better men in their communities.
Black Youth Project 100 - BYP100 is National, member-based organization of Black 18-35 year old activists and organizers, dedicated to creating justice and freedom for all Black people. We do this through building a network focused on transformative leadership development, direct action organizing, advocacy, and political education using a Black queer feminist lens. BYP100 envisions a world where all Black people have economic, social, political, and educational freedom.
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