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Chicago-area hospital system cuts 100 jobs across multiple hospitals, clinics

The move comes after Illinois Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth sent the for-profit hospital group a letter citing concerns about recent cuts and reductions in services By Francie Swidler • Published June 11, 2025 • Updated on June 11, 2025 at 3:05 pm Prime Healthcare, a California-based hospital group that now owns several Ascension hospitals in Illinois, will cut approximately 100 jobs…

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Chicago Braces For Surge In Immigration Raids As Mayor Brandon Johnson Urges City To ‘Resist’

The mayor’s chief of staff said federal agents received notice to deploy to five Democrat-led cities, including Chicago — where recent actions have already drawn thousands to the streets in protest. by Quinn Myers June 11, 2025 DOWNTOWN — City leaders are bracing for an influx of federal agents to be deployed to Chicago for immigration…

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ICE detains immigrants outside Chicago DHS office, sparking outcry and outrage

Several immigrants were detained Wednesday outside a Department of Homeland Security office in the city’s South Loop, according to officials. By Kasey Chronis and Cody King Published  June 4, 2025 5:23pm CDT The Brief CHICAGO – Several immigrants were detained Wednesday outside a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) office in the city’s South Loop, according to officials — sparking a…

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Chicago minimum wage set to increase July 1 along with changes for paid time off

By ABC7 Chicago Digital Team  Wednesday, June 4, 2025 CHICAGO (WLS) — Chicago workers making minimum wage are set to get a raise starting next month. Starting July 1, the city’s minimum wage will be $16.60 and the minimum wage for subsidized youth employment programs will be $16.50. Under the One Fair Wage Ordinance, the wages…

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3 People Killed, 24 Shot Across Chicago Over Memorial Day Weekend, Well Below Other Recent Years: Police

Matt Masterson | May 27, 2025, 11:47 am Three people were killed in shootings across Chicago during the extended Memorial Day weekend, making it one of the least deadly holiday weekends in the city in recent years. According to Chicago Police Department figures, 24 people were shot in 21 separate shootings between 6 p.m. Friday and…

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23 Whitney Young High School students get perfect ACT scores

23 students at Whitney Young High School, which is part of CPS, got perfect ACT scores, the most in the West Loop school’s history. By John Garcia  Friday, May 30, 2025 CHICAGO (WLS) — Twenty three students at Whitney Young High School got perfect scores on their ACTs. It’s the most the West Loop Chicago public…

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Chicago’s Cardinal Cupich says Pope Leo XIV is “going to be a voice” for issues like immigration, climate change

By Kaia Hubbard Updated on: May 11, 2025 / 1:54 PM EDT / CBS News To watch video report, Click Here. Cardinal Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, said Sunday that he expects Pope Leo XIV “feels an obligation,” to speak to the issues of the day amid “real challenges globally” — from immigration to climate change. “I…

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Protesters block traffic in Chicago’s Loop amid nationwide May Day demonstrations

Large crowds marching down city streets sparked rolling closures around the city’s Loop and Grant Park By Lexi Sutter and Associated Press • Published May 1, 2025 • Updated on May 1, 2025 at 2:54 pm Thousands of protesters took to Chicago streets Thursday as part of nationwide and global “May Day” demonstrations. Large crowds marching down city streets sparked rolling closures around the…

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‘They Still Deserve More’ protesters seek support for caretakers of people with disabilities

Funding increase has broad bipartisan support, but budget bandwidth remains uncertain by Maggie Dougherty, Tom O’Connor  April 23, 2025 SPRINGFIELD — Protesters flooded the rotunda of the Illinois Statehouse earlier this month, urging legislators to increase wages for caregivers of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The ‘They Deserve More’ coalition — representing advocacy organizations,…

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Chicago City Council Blocks Jan. 6 Rioters From City Jobs After Trump Pardons

Heather Cherone | April 16, 2025, 5:58 pm The Chicago City Council voted 44-3 Wednesday to ban those who took part in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol from working in city jobs after most were pardoned by President Donald Trump. “Traitors to this country should not be allowed to work for the…

Local Organizations

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Rainbow PUSH Coalition - We protect, defend, and gain civil rights by leveling the economic and educational playing fields, and to promote peace and justice around the world.

Chicago Urban League - Since 1916, the Chicago Urban League—through collaborative community, corporate and civic relationships—has helped people find jobs, secure affordable housing, enhance their educational experiences, and grow their businesses. One of the oldest and largest affiliates of the National Urban League, we promote strong, sustainable communities through advocacy, innovation, and collaborative community, corporate and civic relationships.

Grassroots Collaborative - Grassroots Collaborative builds power with working families through strategic community-labor organizing, grassroots leadership development, civic engagement, and training. We started in Chicago and our 9 member organizations and their 125,000 members, along with an effective and diverse set of ally organizations across movements create transformative change to win fully funded resources for our public schools, social services, and affordable housing that working families depend on.

First Defense Legal Aid - First Defense Legal Aid provides free, 24-hour legal representation to people in Chicago Police custody and educates Chicagoans about how to protect their constitutional rights. We undertake these activities to promote fairness and accountability in the justice system.

Inner-City Muslim Action Network - The Inner-City Muslim Action Network is a community organization that fosters health, wellness and healing in the inner-city by organizing for social change, cultivating the arts, and operating a holistic health center. IMAN incorporated as a nonprofit in 1997 through the drive of people directly affected by and deeply invested in social issues affecting communities of color living on Chicago’s South Side.

One Northside - Organizing Neighborhoods for Equality: Northside is a mixed-income, multi-ethnic, intergenerational organization that unites our diverse communities. We build collective power to eliminate injustice through bold and innovative community organizing. We accomplish this through developing grassroots leaders and acting together to effect change.

Polished Pebbles - The mission of the Polished Pebbles Girls Mentoring Program is to provide girls (7-17 years old) with the opportunity of learning the vital life skill of effective communication. Our Polished Pebbles Girls Mentoring program instills confidence in girls to face the challenges of daily life by substituting aggressive forms of communicating and problem solving with new strategies that allow them to gain a solid reputation and respect without retaliating.

Restore Justice Illinois - Restore Justice Illinois believes in the possibility of rehabilitation, redemption, and reunification with the community for all incarcerated people, even those who have committed the most serious crimes.

Safer Foundation - Safer Foundation is one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit providers of services designed exclusively for people with criminal records. We focus on helping our clients secure and maintain jobs because we understand that employment offers the best chance at successful re-entry.

Dovetail Project - We give young African American fathers – ages 17-24 – the skills and support they need to be better fathers for their children and better men in their communities.

Black Youth Project 100 - BYP100 is National, member-based organization of Black 18-35 year old activists and organizers, dedicated to creating justice and freedom for all Black people. We do this through building a network focused on transformative leadership development, direct action organizing, advocacy, and political education using a Black queer feminist lens. BYP100 envisions a world where all Black people have economic, social, political, and educational freedom.

Upcoming Events

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State Fair of Texas: North Texas Food Bank

Description Big Tex hosts our largest canned food drive of the year, and we need your help! This is the most popular event of the year, and spots will fill up quickly! The North Texas Food Bank is the beneficiary of weekly promotions at the State Fair of Texas.    Friday, September 29: Opening Day! Attendees can bring 2 jars of Peanut Butter and…

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Conservation-in-Action Volunteer Work Day

Projects include Trail Maintenance, Educational Prairie Bed Project, and Habitat Restoration We are trying out new volunteer dates. We are another Saturday to our group volunteer days! So far, it will be the 1st AND 3rd Saturday of the month. Saturday mornings bring heavy traffic to the Preserve so please plan accordingly as projects start promptly…

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Conservation-in-Action Volunteer Work Day

Projects include Trail Maintenance, Educational Prairie Bed Project, and Habitat Restoration We are trying out new volunteer dates. We are another Saturday to our group volunteer days! So far, it will be the 1st AND 3rd Saturday of the month. Saturday mornings bring heavy traffic to the Preserve so please plan accordingly as projects start promptly…

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Feed The City: Dallas

Feed The City is a monthly volunteer opportunity where individuals come together at a local venue to make lunches for people in need. The lunches consist of sandwiches, chips and fruit. Feed The City events are open to all. It doesn’t matter how many people show up or what ages the volunteers are.

Second Saturday Shoreline Spruce Up

Join For the Love of the Lake every second Saturday for our monthly Shoreline Spruce Up at White Rock Lake Park. Volunteers collect litter though out White Rock Lake Park, up White Rock Creek, and along the shoreline. Our Second Saturday Shoreline Spruce Up tradition happens rain or shine, snow or heat without fail. We…

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2023 Hispanic Mental Health Conference

We at the Cannenta Foundation are excited to present our first annual Hispanic Mental Health Conference. The Hispanic Mental Health Conference will provide opportunities for mental health professionals from across the state to learn how to serve the growing Hispanic community.Sessions will be held in English and Spanish on best practices for mental health professionals…

The 48th Annual Harambee Festival

The original purpose created a safe space for children to enjoy an alternative to Halloween. It’s grown to include free groceries for the food insecure, free back packs with school supplies, and free health screenings and more. The children participate in fun educational activities while the parents enjoy live entertainment. On the last Saturday of…

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“Places Between” and “Make It. Make Sense.”

Two new exhibitions are now on view at the Office of Arts & Culture’s ARTS at King Street Station gallery. Tammie Dupuis explores the intersections of her heritage as an Indigenous and Western European person in her exhibition, Places Between. Using both Indigenous and non-Indigenous ways of making and seeing, her work spans several different processes and…

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“Places Between” and “Make It. Make Sense.”

Two new exhibitions are now on view at the Office of Arts & Culture’s ARTS at King Street Station gallery. Tammie Dupuis explores the intersections of her heritage as an Indigenous and Western European person in her exhibition, Places Between. Using both Indigenous and non-Indigenous ways of making and seeing, her work spans several different processes and…

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“Space Cowrie” and “Perceiver/Perception”

Two new exhibitions are now on view at the Office of Arts & Culture’s ARTS at King Street Station gallery. Space Cowrie is a multimedia exhibition exploring African diasporic desire – the whirring space of longing, grief, joy and healing. Through experimentation with traditional and nontraditional forms, Le’Ecia Farmer examines both the fragmented and whole sides of individual…

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