ALBANY PARK, CHICAGO — On August 23, The Washington Post reported that Trump’s Pentagon has been planning the deployment of National Guard Troops to Chicago.Here is what we know, so far, and what we can expect, based on the troop deployment to LA and the occupation of Washington, DC.National Guar...

06/09/2025ALBANY PARK, CHICAGO — As the second year of Brandon Johnson’s mayorship commences, Chicago’s communities are safer than they’ve been in the past 10 years. As our city mourns the loss of our community members to gun violence in River North last week, and in other attacks across the city...

08/26/2025Illinois is betting your money on genocide (and they’re losing). The Illinois state pension system manages retirement money for all the public employees in the state. This system has a notorious funding crisis, meaning that many workers are unsure if they’ll receive the promised pension...

ALBANY PARK, CHICAGO — On September 21, upwards of 600 advocates, community groups, elected officials, and concerned neighbors gathered in Albany Park on Sunday for the Northwest Side Progressives Emergency Response Town Hall. A coalition of local leaders emphasized how critical the current momen...

ALBANY PARK, Chicago — Chicago has until December 30th to pass the budget for Fiscal Year 2026 or face an unprecedented city government shutdown, as stated by WTTW. As it stands, there are two budget proposals on the table: the mayor’s “Protecting Chicago Budget” versus “the alternative budget”.T...

ALBANY PARK, CHICAGO — 33rd Ward Working Families was honored to support the Patrick Henry Elementary School Back to School Bash and Car Show on Saturday, Aug. 16, which included the ribbon cutting for a new, attractive, and engaging playground. A triumph of Ald. Rossana Rodríguez Sánchez’s Parti...

06/25/2025Congratulations to the Zohran Mamdani campaign for securing the Democratic nomination for New York mayor! Congratulations to Zohran himself, to every staffer, every endorsing organization, and to every volunteer who made this dream a reality.Congratulations to a campaign that reminded t...

06/17/2025As a Chicago ward organization that primarily focuses on elections, 33WF has been following the inspiring campaign of New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.Day in, day out, many of our members comb the news and social media, constantly dispirited by the genocide in Gaza, the co...