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Image via Wikipedia For the first time, the government will require that every citizen purchase health insurance or obtain it from another source, such as an employer. Recognizing that lower income families won’t be able to afford policies on their own, subsidies will be available starting in 2014 to people with annual incomes between...
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ILLCF Town Hall: The State of the State A panel of Illinois legislators including Sen. Christine Radogno, Rep. Mike Fortner, Governor Pat Quinn, and Senate President John Cullerton discuss the impact of future policies on the Latino community at a town hall meeting during the the Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus Foundation’s conference on November...
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Political analysts have been predicting that the Occupy Movement was beginning to die, but ChicagoTalks reporter Paris Lewbel, in Des Moines for the 2012 caucuses, found the movement is going strong in Iowa. He met some Chicagoans who traveled to the Hawkeye State to witness the nation’s first presidential nominating contest.
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Pilsen and Little Village residents gathered last month to hear a series of panel discussions “Oral Histories of Activism in Mexican Chicago,” which focused on political participation and civil rights within the Chicago neighborhoods. Maria Eugenia De La Torre, Northeastern Illinois University assistant professor, directed the 3-part forum held at Casa Aztlán in Pilsen...
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On several blocks along 55th Street in Englewood, boarded-up homes now outnumber those that are occupied. This street is not unique in the area—a 21 percent loss over the last decade in the area’s population has left much of the neighborhood abandoned and economically unstable. Along with a cluster of other wards in the...
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Insanity: “Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” — Albert Einstein North Lawndale runoff candidates Michael Chandler and Sharon Dixon have been grumbling that they are not “happy campers” after reading the article written in a past edition of the North Lawndale Community News. To quote Jack Nicholson from...
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Even people who don’t usually care might be thinking about politics in the face of the developing situation in Egypt. We don’t need to take to the streets to participate in open elections. We just need to make sure we’re registered and figure out whether to do early voting, vote naked, or go to...
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Abdon Pallasch, one of the best political reporters in town, didn’t miss a beat as he interrogated mayoral candidates about whether they will be shoveling snow when the expected blizzard hits Chicago. Miguel del Valle shovels snow, and without a snow-blower. What about the rest of the pack? Read more in Mayoral candidate del...
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By Mary Reid LeAlan Jones, the Green Party’s candidate in the U.S. Senate race, spoke to students at Columbia College last week about politics and his competitors in Tuesday’s election.
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