The TRiiBE
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Reshaping the narrative in pursuit of truth and liberation.
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Story from last year’s budget season:
One Future Illinois PAC = led by some of Chicago’s business and real-estate bigwigs, including investment banker Steve Koch, who served as deputy mayor under former Mayor Rahm Emanuel; and more.
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One Future Illinois PAC = led by some of Chicago’s business and real-estate bigwigs, including investment banker Steve Koch, who served as deputy mayor under former Mayor Rahm Emanuel; and more.
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More than property taxes: Business PAC enters Chicago's budget fight • The TRiiBE
The TRiiBE learned that political text messages were sent out to Chicagoans urging them to tell their alderperson to vote “no” on Friday’s budget proposal.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Story from last year’s budget season:
One Future Illinois PAC = led by some of Chicago’s business and real-estate bigwigs, including investment banker Steve Koch, who served as deputy mayor under former Mayor Rahm Emanuel; and more.
thetriibe.com/2024/12/more...
One Future Illinois PAC = led by some of Chicago’s business and real-estate bigwigs, including investment banker Steve Koch, who served as deputy mayor under former Mayor Rahm Emanuel; and more.
thetriibe.com/2024/12/more...
Let us know what she says when you talk to her.
November 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Let us know what she says when you talk to her.
Who is your alderperson, friend?
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Who is your alderperson, friend?
Ald. Yancy told The TRiiBE on Oct. 16 that he thought Johnson’s budget proposal was “extremely progressive.”
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Mayor Johnson proposes taxing rich companies to avoid property tax increase; one alder calls it ‘an extremely progressive budget’ • The TRiiBE
Cost saving measures includes cuts to police overtime; recommends taxing social media tech companies and a new $100M Community Safety Fund.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Ald. Yancy told The TRiiBE on Oct. 16 that he thought Johnson’s budget proposal was “extremely progressive.”
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“For too long, access to legal assistance has depended on where you live or what you can afford,” Cook County Public Defender Sharone Mitchell, Jr., wrote in a press statement. “The Freedom Defense Centers were created to change that.”
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Cook County Public Defender’s new community legal hub to expand legal resources for South Siders • The TRiiBE
Free legal services will roll out on Nov. 19 at the Cook County Public Defender’s Freedom Defense Center in Roseland through a partnership with The Village Legal and Community Project.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
“For too long, access to legal assistance has depended on where you live or what you can afford,” Cook County Public Defender Sharone Mitchell, Jr., wrote in a press statement. “The Freedom Defense Centers were created to change that.”
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“Residents of affluent neighborhoods like Lincoln Park need to understand that the predatory policing practices now seen in their communities are primarily employed to protect the wealthy from the poor and forcefully maintain an exploitative economic system.”
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THE REVOLUTIONARY COLUMN: Racist police violence is always the common denominator • The TRiiBE
ICE violence does not exist within a vacuum. It didn’t come out of nowhere. This is how it feels to be Black and policed in this country.
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November 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
“Residents of affluent neighborhoods like Lincoln Park need to understand that the predatory policing practices now seen in their communities are primarily employed to protect the wealthy from the poor and forcefully maintain an exploitative economic system.”
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“We cannot continue to make decisions off of the vibes of corporate lobbyists… we actually need to be talking to and listening to the constituents that are going to be bearing the burden of more taxes if we don’t start asking corporations to pay their fair share.”
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Emanuel killed it. Johnson wants it back. Chicago’s corporate head tax debate is about more than money • The TRiiBE
Proponents say former Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s removal of the corporate head tax left a hole in the city's budget that was never replaced; they want the rich to pay their fair share.
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November 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
“We cannot continue to make decisions off of the vibes of corporate lobbyists… we actually need to be talking to and listening to the constituents that are going to be bearing the burden of more taxes if we don’t start asking corporations to pay their fair share.”
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