South Side Weekly • 15th September 2023 City Council Advances Progressive Goals Alderpersons introduced ordinances for Bring Chicago Home and to protect affordable housing in South Shore.
Block Club Chicago • 8th September 2023 Top Cop Nominee Larry Snelling Grilled By Residents At Public Forum The Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability also voted to eliminate the Police Department's controversial gang database.
South Side Weekly • 21st August 2023 Stacy Davis Gates on Mayor Johnson, Elected School Board, Asylum Seekers, and More The CTU president sat down with the Weekly ahead of the first day of school
The TRiiBE • 24th May 2023 City Council passes Johnson’s committee plan, but funding for migrants stalls
The TRiiBE • 21st May 2023 ‘Fox and Friends’ staged Naperville interview criticizing Mayor Brandon Johnson One interviewee works for Project HOOD; the other was a paid Vallas staffer. They were invited to talk about violence.
The TRiiBE • 3rd May 2023 Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson and other dignitaries welcome Chicago’s first Police District Councilors
Slate • 26th March 2023 Paul Vallas’s trail of school privatization The mayoral candidate has opened dozens of charter schools around the country, and is opening a militarized charter in Arkansas even while campaigning in Chicago.
The TRiiBE • 2nd March 2023 ECPS coalition wins a wide majority of Chicago’s new Police District Council seats Candidates aligned with the coalition won majorities in 16 out of 22 districts.
The TRiiBE • 7th February 2023 Police District Council candidate confirms FOP support 8th District candidate Mark Hamberlin had denied the endorsement at a forum in Englewood.
Chicago Reader • 4th February 2023 The youth are on fire Saul Arellano, Ashley Vargas, William “The Kid” Guerrero, and Anthony Michael Tamez are among the youngest candidates for Police District Councils.
Chicago Reader • 26th January 2023 Police brutality survivors and former cops are running in Chicago’s police district council races The councils are the first to be elected to police oversight bodies.
Chicago Reader • 19th January 2023 Police district candidate’s social media full of racist and misogynist posts Perry Abbasi is an FOP election attorney and candidate in the 25th police district.
Chicago Reader • 11th January 2023 Fifty years of struggle Frank Chapman discusses the history of the movement for community control of the Chicago police.
South Side Weekly • 23rd June 2021 Chicago Police Spied on Protesters Why did CPD External Relations approve snooping on a demonstration last summer?
South Side Weekly • 6th May 2021 Lightfoot Quietly Lobbied for Qualified Immunity A report meant to make the mayor’s case for qualified immunity showed ten years of CPD lawsuits that cost Chicago taxpayers more than half a billion dollars.
South Side Weekly • 14th April 2021 Sharone Mitchell Jr. on Coming “Home” Sitting down with the new Cook County public defender
Scientific American • 20th November 2020 New Scientist-Candidates for U.S. Congress Fared Worse Than Expected in 2020 Even with big health issues in the headlines, most of these challengers lost, though advocates hope the races gave science a higher policy profile
South Side Weekly • 14th October 2020 Should Protesters be Prosecuted? Foxx and O’Brien Differ Kim Foxx is dismissing certain misdemeanor charges against protesters and prosecuting those charged with felonies. Her opponent says Foxx is allowing crime to “intermix” with peaceful protesters.
