“Me Too” Comes Back to Congress
It’s primary season, this time against a backdrop of heightened concerns and awareness of powerful figures skirting accountability for sexual...
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DNC Shoots Down Resolutions Calling Out AIPAC and Limiting Arms to Israel
In the latest fight to expose the yawning chasm between Democratic Party members and their leaders on Israel, the Democratic...
Illinois Results: Daniel Biss Beats Kat Abughazaleh in Blow to Left and AIPAC Alike
Democratic voters in Illinois’ 9th Congressional District chose Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss as their nominee to replace retiring Rep. Jan...
Crypto Spends Big in Illinois House Races to Say Consumer Rights Supporters Are Corrupt
The cryptocurrency industry has a new line of attack against candidates who have voted for consumer protections on digital coins:...
AIPAC Is Staying Out of Illinois Senate Race — But Its Donors Back Juliana Stratton
The leading pro-Israel lobbying group has kept quiet on the race for an open Senate seat in Illinois while pouring...
Pope Leo XIV says he’s ‘very disappointed’ after Illinois approves assisted suicide law
Pope Leo XIV said Tuesday he was "very disappointed" after his home state of Illinois approved a law allowing medically...
Robert Reich Thinks Democrats Are On the Brink of a New Era
The Labor Department reported September jobs numbers on Thursday, showing employers added 119,000 jobs to the economy but also an...
Argentina-Puerto Rico soccer match relocated from Chicago to Florida amid immigration unrest
A friendly soccer match between Argentina and Puerto Rico has been relocated from Chicago to Fort Lauderdale amid an immigration...
The Sinister Reason Trump Is Itching to Invoke the Insurrection Act
Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Oct. 6, 2025. Photo: Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty...
Trump’s Cult of Power Cancels Free Speech
In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s death, conservatives have moved quickly to consolidate power and attack their political enemies, whose...
Trump’s Chicago Occupation Could Cost Four Times More Than Housing City Homeless
President Donald Trump’s plan to add Chicago to the list of American cities under U.S. military occupation could cost almost...
ICE Contractor Locked a Mother and Her Baby in a Hotel Room for Five Days
This story was reported and produced by Injustice Watch, a nonprofit newsroom in Chicago that investigates issues of equity and...
