Police Reform Bill Passes in Illinois
The Illinois Legislature passed a Police Reform Bill (HB 3653) through their lame duck session. This legislation was spear-headed by the Illinois Legislative Black...
PreTrial Fairness Act
Every year, more than 250,000 people are incarcerated BEFORE TRIAL in Illinois. Most are locked up simply because they cannot afford to post bail...
Illinois Sheriffs Association: A Measured Response
Responding to Police propaganda (Copaganda) about the proposed Illinois Police Reform Bill (HB 0163 Amendment 2)
The Illinois Sheriffs Association (ISA) placed a frantic alert...
Illinois General Assembly: Policing & Police Accountability
Chemberly Cummings (Democrat)
Karla Bailey-Smith (Democrat)
Ken Allison (Libertarian)
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Chemberly Cummings (Democrat)
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UPDATE: Chemberly Cummings lost her race to incumbent Dan Brady, 21,050 (37.3%) to 35,324 (62.7%)...
Stefanie Smith For U.S. Congress
Stefanie Smith is a political novice running for the 13th District of U.S. Congress against Democratic establishment favored Betsy Dirksen Londrigan. Londrigan won the...
The Fetishization of Respectability Politics
On Monday, February 24th, 2020, Betsy Dirksen Londrigan held a meet-&-great with the Champaign County Young Democrats. Things did not go according to plan,...
Spanky Edwards for U.S. Congress
Spanky Edwards is currently running for the U.S. Congress for the 17th district of Illinois. He is running against incumbent Cheri Bustos in the...
Don’t Thank Pritzker Yet… And, Certainly Don’t Ignore Him
WBEZ reported that federal prosecutors are investigating Governor Pritzker & his wife for a criminal matter involving “a dubious residential property tax appeal that...
OP-ED: Reflections on Dwight: The Logic of the Savior
This is a Letter to the Editor published in the Community Word.
"On March 11, 2019, the Board of Trustees for the Village of Dwight voted...
#NoICEDwight
What Must Be Known: Dwight, IL ICE Detention Facility
There is an interest by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to construct a new immigration...
