33rd Ward Working Families, a local independent political organization, put the referendum on the ballot and campaigned for its victory."Neighborhoods like Albany Park are being drained of the very people who make it so special—immigrants, working-class families, seniors, and longtime residents. ...

The proposed ordinance would give the mayor expanded and unprecedented authority to allocate emergency funds and approve city contracts without approval from City Council.During Wednesday’s virtual City Council meeting, Aldermen Ray Lopez (15th) and Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (35th), Rossana Rodriguez S...

1.7 billion dollars and counting.This is what the city of Chicago will spend this year on policing—about 40 percent of the city's budget.Over the past few years, hundreds of millions of dollars have been added the police budget. These are hundreds of millions of dollars that did not go to communi...

[In English below]A ver - dejemos en claro que una sociedad amedrentada y un entorno de miedo son realidades y contextos horrendos que nadie quiere. ¿Sí? Dale. Estamos todos de acuerdo. Califico entonces, a los que propician dicho entorno, como terroristas. Justamente porque hicieron palpable ese...

08/12/2025New data from the Chicago Police Department bears out what equity advocates have long known: investing in people, rather than punitive technologies, has fostered a dramatic reduction in violent crime.As reported by WTTW, nearly a year after the end of the widespread use of the multi-mi...

04/02/2025In the lead-up to our joint 10-year anniversary fundraiser on May 1, we will be sharing stories about key moments in our organizing history.=====In a concession interview, former Alder Deb Mell said that we “never stopped running over the last four years.” It’s the one thing that Deb Me...

Congratulations to 33rd Ward Alderwoman Rossana Rodríguez Sánchez, her staff, and the Collaborative for Community Wellness for helping launch and lead the fight for Treatment Not Trauma!The Treatment Not Trauma (TNT) initiative emerged as a direct response to the tragic murder of George Floyd, wh...