Grace Chan McKibben
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Caravan of federal agents spotted around 26th and Kedzie in Little Village. This has attracted crowd of residents yelling at them to leave. A community meeting nearby was cancelled. CPD is keeping crowds of residents back. Another disruptive day for something that’s become common in Little Village.
November 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Caravan of federal agents spotted around 26th and Kedzie in Little Village. This has attracted crowd of residents yelling at them to leave. A community meeting nearby was cancelled. CPD is keeping crowds of residents back. Another disruptive day for something that’s become common in Little Village.
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Air quality alerts issued Thursday in Illinois because of Canadian wildfire smoke marked the latest bout in an increasingly common summer occurrence. The alert covers 34 Illinois counties designated as having unhealthy air for all residents.
Air quality alerts issued across Illinois. But how safe are you inside your home?
Although it is recommended to hunker inside during these stretches, experts say indoor air quality can often be just as bad, if not worse, than outdoor air quality.
www.chicagotribune.com
July 31, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Air quality alerts issued Thursday in Illinois because of Canadian wildfire smoke marked the latest bout in an increasingly common summer occurrence. The alert covers 34 Illinois counties designated as having unhealthy air for all residents.
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Lollapalooza kicked off Thursday in Grant Park, with Gracie Abrams, Luke Combs and Tyler the Creator taking the stage tonight. Follow our live updates here.
Lollapalooza Day 1: Chicago's biggest festival kicks off Thursday
Gracie Abrams, Sierra Ferrell and Barry Can’t Swim are among those playing Thursday before headliners Luke Combs and Tyler, the Creator take the stage at night.
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July 31, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Lollapalooza kicked off Thursday in Grant Park, with Gracie Abrams, Luke Combs and Tyler the Creator taking the stage tonight. Follow our live updates here.
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Commentary: When Black women rapidly disappear from the workforce, we are faced with more than a concerning statistic; their loss is a warning for where the country is headed.
Juliana Stratton and Cherita Ellens: Donald Trump’s cuts are costing Black women their jobs
Black women are the only population to experience a rise in unemployment in the last three months, with rates spiking above 6%.
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July 31, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Commentary: When Black women rapidly disappear from the workforce, we are faced with more than a concerning statistic; their loss is a warning for where the country is headed.
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Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration presented the City Council with over two dozen revenue-generating ideas Thursday to cover the $1.12 billion budget shortfall.
Mayor Johnson has 26 ideas to raise revenue, plug Chicago’s budget deficit
The biggest potential moneymakers are boosting property taxes and a garbage collection fee.
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July 31, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration presented the City Council with over two dozen revenue-generating ideas Thursday to cover the $1.12 billion budget shortfall.
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James Soto and David Ayala stood outside the doors of a Cook County courtroom Wednesday at the end of a more than four-decade entanglement with the criminal court and prison system, nervously riding out a final 20-minute delay in their hearing to receive an official declaration of innocence.
Cousins who were longest-serving wrongfully convicted people in Illinois get innocence certificates
David Ayala and James Soto, who spent 42 years in prison for murder before being exonerated, get a final declaration of innocence.
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July 31, 2025 at 10:48 PM
James Soto and David Ayala stood outside the doors of a Cook County courtroom Wednesday at the end of a more than four-decade entanglement with the criminal court and prison system, nervously riding out a final 20-minute delay in their hearing to receive an official declaration of innocence.
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The bill, SB 1560, requires all Illinois public schools to offer third through 12th grade students a free, optional mental health screening. The bill passed the Illinois House of Representatives on May 21, and the Senate a month earlier in April.
Illinois schools to offer mental health screenings under bill Gov. Pritzker signed in Evanston
Illinois the first state in the nation to require public schools to offer mental health screenings in 3rd through 12th grades. Gov. Pritzker signed the bill July 31, 2025.
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July 31, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The bill, SB 1560, requires all Illinois public schools to offer third through 12th grade students a free, optional mental health screening. The bill passed the Illinois House of Representatives on May 21, and the Senate a month earlier in April.
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Saying it was time for new and younger leadership to take over a congressional district he has represented for nearly three decades, U.S. Rep. Danny Davis announced Thursday he wasn’t seeking reelection and endorsed veteran state Rep. La Shawn Ford to succeed him.
The field to succeed US Rep. Danny Davis grows as congressman backs state legislative ally
While US Rep. Danny Davis sought to anoint La Shawn Ford as his successor, Democrats had been lining up in anticipation of the incumbent’s retirement.
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July 31, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Saying it was time for new and younger leadership to take over a congressional district he has represented for nearly three decades, U.S. Rep. Danny Davis announced Thursday he wasn’t seeking reelection and endorsed veteran state Rep. La Shawn Ford to succeed him.
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Sister Patricia Murphy took risks for love.
That’s how the Rev. Larry Dowling described her Thursday to hundreds of people who gathered at a church in Mercy Circle Senior Living Center in Mount Greenwood to honor her life and commitment to social justice and immigrant advocacy.
That’s how the Rev. Larry Dowling described her Thursday to hundreds of people who gathered at a church in Mercy Circle Senior Living Center in Mount Greenwood to honor her life and commitment to social justice and immigrant advocacy.
Social justice advocate Sister Pat left legacy of defiant compassion: ‘She lived for others’
Sister Patricia Murphy, 96, spent her life serving immigrants, the poor and the forgotten — risking arrest and breaking barriers.
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July 31, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Sister Patricia Murphy took risks for love.
That’s how the Rev. Larry Dowling described her Thursday to hundreds of people who gathered at a church in Mercy Circle Senior Living Center in Mount Greenwood to honor her life and commitment to social justice and immigrant advocacy.
That’s how the Rev. Larry Dowling described her Thursday to hundreds of people who gathered at a church in Mercy Circle Senior Living Center in Mount Greenwood to honor her life and commitment to social justice and immigrant advocacy.
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Nearly two dozen more people are coming forward with accusations dating back to the 1990s and early 2000s of sexual abuse by two priests and staff members at Maryville Academy.
At least 30 people accuse Maryville Academy priests of sexual abuse, attorney says
Nearly two dozen more people are coming forward, saying they were sexually abused about 30 years ago as children while at Maryville Academy, a Catholic home for minors in suburban Des Plaines.
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August 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Nearly two dozen more people are coming forward with accusations dating back to the 1990s and early 2000s of sexual abuse by two priests and staff members at Maryville Academy.
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statement from the WestLos Rapid Response Network re: rumors of nannies kidnapped at the park:
Please rely on updates from community groups on the ground. Sometimes things spread like wildfire & it’s tough to control the misinfo
Always remember to ask- where did they hear this? & how do they know?
Please rely on updates from community groups on the ground. Sometimes things spread like wildfire & it’s tough to control the misinfo
Always remember to ask- where did they hear this? & how do they know?
June 14, 2025 at 3:49 AM
statement from the WestLos Rapid Response Network re: rumors of nannies kidnapped at the park:
Please rely on updates from community groups on the ground. Sometimes things spread like wildfire & it’s tough to control the misinfo
Always remember to ask- where did they hear this? & how do they know?
Please rely on updates from community groups on the ground. Sometimes things spread like wildfire & it’s tough to control the misinfo
Always remember to ask- where did they hear this? & how do they know?
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The House passed a bill this morning that makes massive cuts to Medicaid. Now, it goes to the Senate.
Medicaid provides vital, lifesaving care to millions of people with disabilities nationwide. Tell Congress: Protect Medicaid.
Medicaid provides vital, lifesaving care to millions of people with disabilities nationwide. Tell Congress: Protect Medicaid.
Congress: Save Medicaid Now
Politicians are attempting to pass devastating cuts to Medicaid right now and we must act fast. Send a message telling your member of Congress to fight back now.
action.aclu.org
May 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
The House passed a bill this morning that makes massive cuts to Medicaid. Now, it goes to the Senate.
Medicaid provides vital, lifesaving care to millions of people with disabilities nationwide. Tell Congress: Protect Medicaid.
Medicaid provides vital, lifesaving care to millions of people with disabilities nationwide. Tell Congress: Protect Medicaid.
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At a time when moral leadership has been in short supply in the world — when authoritarians and neofascists are pushing us into darkness — Pope Francis pointed toward the light. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-conscience-of-the-world
April 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
At a time when moral leadership has been in short supply in the world — when authoritarians and neofascists are pushing us into darkness — Pope Francis pointed toward the light. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-conscience-of-the-world
I just witnessed an experienced journalist repost the rumor about Jasmine Crockett collecting her dead grandmother's social security checks. A quick check on Snopes would have uncovered that the rumor get started on a satire site. Sigh.
April 7, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I just witnessed an experienced journalist repost the rumor about Jasmine Crockett collecting her dead grandmother's social security checks. A quick check on Snopes would have uncovered that the rumor get started on a satire site. Sigh.
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The Trump regime's repeated attacks on "DEI," "wokeness," and the trans community have one clear purpose:
If we are angry at each other, we don't look up to see how big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.
If we are angry at each other, we don't look up to see how big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.
March 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The Trump regime's repeated attacks on "DEI," "wokeness," and the trans community have one clear purpose:
If we are angry at each other, we don't look up to see how big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.
If we are angry at each other, we don't look up to see how big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.
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NEW: We just filed a preliminary injunction asking for Mahmoud Khalil's immediate release.
Along with @ccrjustice.org , @nyclu.org , and Mahmoud's entire legal team, we will not stop fighting until he is free.
Along with @ccrjustice.org , @nyclu.org , and Mahmoud's entire legal team, we will not stop fighting until he is free.
March 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
NEW: We just filed a preliminary injunction asking for Mahmoud Khalil's immediate release.
Along with @ccrjustice.org , @nyclu.org , and Mahmoud's entire legal team, we will not stop fighting until he is free.
Along with @ccrjustice.org , @nyclu.org , and Mahmoud's entire legal team, we will not stop fighting until he is free.
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They've disappeared this lawyer's client.
Zero due process. Not a gang member.
Just vanished from the system and no one who cares knows where he is.
Zero due process. Not a gang member.
Just vanished from the system and no one who cares knows where he is.
Our client worked in the arts in Venezuela. He is LGBTQ. His tattoos are benign. But ICE submitted photos of his tattoos as evidence he isTren de Aragua. His @ImmDef attorney planned to present evidence he is not. But never got the chance because our client has been disappeared.
March 17, 2025 at 8:36 AM
They've disappeared this lawyer's client.
Zero due process. Not a gang member.
Just vanished from the system and no one who cares knows where he is.
Zero due process. Not a gang member.
Just vanished from the system and no one who cares knows where he is.
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Hey all, here's some good news: we had an impact!
Target’s stock plummeted by ~ $27.27 per share by the end of February, erasing about $12.4 billion in market value.
The drop came on Feb. 28, the designated economic blackout day, and coincided with mounting backlash over the retailer’s decision to abandon its DEI commitments.
The drop came on Feb. 28, the designated economic blackout day, and coincided with mounting backlash over the retailer’s decision to abandon its DEI commitments.
Target takes a hit: $12.4 billion in value lost after boycott
Economic blackout over company shuttering diversity commitment
www.thecharlottepost.com
March 18, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Hey all, here's some good news: we had an impact!
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"I can see why the Trump administration is going after Columbia, rather than, say, Stanford, where swastikas were drawn on campus whiteboards, or the University of Alabama, which recently decided to name a building after a former KKK member."
As an American Jew, I Feel Completely Reassured for My Safety Now That Trump Has Targeted the Epicenter of American Anti-Semitism, Columbia University
“The Trump administration said Friday that it’s pulling $400 million from Columbia University, canceling grants and contracts because of what the g...
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March 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
"I can see why the Trump administration is going after Columbia, rather than, say, Stanford, where swastikas were drawn on campus whiteboards, or the University of Alabama, which recently decided to name a building after a former KKK member."
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April 1985: Columbia University students protest apartheid, taking over Hamilton Hall
April 1968: Columbia University students protest the Vietnam War, taking over Mathematics Hall
This is the good kind of occupation
April 1968: Columbia University students protest the Vietnam War, taking over Mathematics Hall
This is the good kind of occupation
March 8, 2025 at 5:38 AM
April 1985: Columbia University students protest apartheid, taking over Hamilton Hall
April 1968: Columbia University students protest the Vietnam War, taking over Mathematics Hall
This is the good kind of occupation
April 1968: Columbia University students protest the Vietnam War, taking over Mathematics Hall
This is the good kind of occupation
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The CHA has revamped Lincoln Park’s Spurlock Sampson Apartments for seniors into a multi-generational community.
CHA Revamps Lincoln Park's Spurlock Sampson Apartments For Seniors Into Multi-Generational Community
While celebrating the $168 million renovation project, Mayor Brandon Johnson promised 2025 will be Chicago Housing Authority's "year of renewal" as the agency faces scrutiny and turnover.
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February 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The CHA has revamped Lincoln Park’s Spurlock Sampson Apartments for seniors into a multi-generational community.
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In a setback to its fundraising efforts and inclusive equity obligations to the city, the $250 million Bally’s Chicago initial public offering for minority investors failed to close as planned in February after it stalled at the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Bally’s Chicago $250 million IPO stalled at SEC; casino refunding deposits of potential minority investors
The casino is refunding initial deposits and will go back to the drawing board to recruit women and minority participants for an updated offering, Bally’s Chairman Soo Kim said.
www.chicagotribune.com
March 1, 2025 at 12:36 AM
In a setback to its fundraising efforts and inclusive equity obligations to the city, the $250 million Bally’s Chicago initial public offering for minority investors failed to close as planned in February after it stalled at the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Ramadan lights were displayed publicly in Bridgeview for first time. The area is home to one of the largest Muslim and Palestinian populations in the U.S.
Ramadan lights displayed publicly in Bridgeview for first time: ‘We feel seen’
The lights were turned on Friday — the first night of Ramadan — in an area of Bridgeview known as Little Palestine. The area is home to one of the largest Muslim and Palestinian populations in the…
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March 1, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Ramadan lights were displayed publicly in Bridgeview for first time. The area is home to one of the largest Muslim and Palestinian populations in the U.S.
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