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IL is Weaponizing Pensions
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...
Read More Dec 20, 2025
Chicago to NYC: Congratulations Mamdani!
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...
Read More Dec 20, 2025
26 Alders to Chicago: Cough It Up
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...
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Organizing Stories: The Rossana + Brandon 2023 Campaign
06/06/2025On Wednesday, June 4, community organizations from around the city, including Organized Communities Against Deportation and 25th Ward IPO, sounded the alarm about a potential ICE raid at the Intensive Supervision Appearance Program (ISAP) office located at 2245 S. Michigan Ave.In respon...
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Organizing Stories: The Rossana + Brandon 2023 Campaign
We believe in creating safety for everyone in our community: our immigrant and undocumented siblings, our houseless siblings, and our Jewish and Palestinian siblings. We affirm that Jewish and Palestinian liberation are deeply intertwined and that it is our collective duty to fight for both.Yeste...
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Organizing Stories: The Rossana + Brandon 2023 Campaign
From the office of HSPRD Ltd.Originally communicated May 27, 2025Below is the content from the original cease and desist letter. Dear Alderman Lopez:Our law firm represents Alderwoman Rossana Rodriguez Sanchez. I write to address the series of false statements that you have made to the media and ...
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26 Alders to Chicago: Cough It Up
03/18/2025In 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 2017, 33rd Ward Working Families (33WF) mobilized to get a referendum on rent control in the 33rd Ward. The experience helped grow the orga...
Read More Dec 20, 2025
Organizing Stories: Tim Meegan 2015 Campaign
In 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.=====About a decade ago Tim Meegan ran for 33rd Ward Alderman. His campaign became the nucleus for 33rd Ward Working Families. Here are some reflections on t...
Read More Dec 9, 2025
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