What (Other) People Are Saying About Lightfoot’s 2021 Budget
The Defund CPD campaign on Lightfoot’s budget and the progressive aldermen whose votes pushed it past the finish line.
What Does Your Ideal America Look Like?
A selection of the “dream Americas” envisioned by demonstrators who marched as a preemptive response to the possibility that Trump would suppress votes by mail.
How and When to Use Masks During a Pandemic
The Weekly discusses the proper use of masks—homemade, surgical, and N95—with an expert
The Panther Grown Old
From a spotty voting record to endorsements of Daley and Bloomberg, candidates say Bobby Rush is disconnected from his district
Meet the Challengers: Robert Emmons Jr.
The Weekly sits down with the gun violence prevention activist running for Congress in the 1st District
Turning Out
Organizers discuss how to get youth invested in local elections
Witnesses to Slaughter
A group of activists fights animal cruelty one vigil at a time