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Tag: Illinois

Illinois presses Tyson for a buyer after 2,500 workers lost their...

The plant's chief executive was paid 781 times the median worker's wage the same quarter its beef unit posted a loss.

Judge halts Trump’s Portland troop plan as governors warn of martial...

Federal judge Karin Immergut blocks National Guard deployments to Oregon and beyond as the White House escalates rhetoric and appeals the ruling.

Here’s how progressives scored 3 major wins in Illinois

A successful progressive campaign needs to have the right message and agenda and the right relationship between a candidate with vision and credibility and longer-term progressive infrastructure.

“This economic system is killing this planet”: Chicago residents demand the...

"The most direct way to address climate change is to keep fossil fuels in the ground."

ALEC wants to make protest illegal in Illinois

ALEC isn’t often at the forefront of legislative changes in blue states like Illinois, but with overwhelming support for this bill by Democrats in the Illinois House, that may be changing.

In a time of cheap fossil fuels, nuclear power companies are...

Illinois and New York have approved hundreds of millions of dollars in clean-energy incentives for nuclear power companies. New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland could be next.

Illinois introduces Clean Energy Jobs Act – could make the state...

“We need the benefits of clean energy to reach all 102 counties in Illinois as we put Illinois on a path to 100% clean energy by 2050.”

Another Kris Kobach loss: Illinois leaves ‘Jim Crow’ voter purge program

Even as Kobach is met with loss after loss, his legacy will live on until the states that signed up for Crosscheck leave the program and reinstate voters to the voter rolls.

The Laquan McDonald shooting keeps exposing critical flaws in Illinois’ Freedom...

After Chicago officials denied records requests from the police shooting, the attorney general’s office did little to push the city to make documents public.

Are you on the list?

Even if a person is eligible, their names could be on the voter purge list after research from the Brennan Center for Justice in New York confirmed an upward trend of voter roll purges as the midterm elections are fast approaching.

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A Midwest meatpacking plant. Photo: Ammodramus, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Illinois presses Tyson for a buyer after 2,500 workers lost their jobs overnight

The plant's chief executive was paid 781 times the median worker's wage the same quarter its beef unit posted a loss.

The dark side of ecotourism: When green travel exploits people and the planet

As luxury eco-retreats and voluntourism surge, experts warn that without systemic reform, the industry may be doing more harm than good.

How human ecology shapes social democracy

Human ecology offers a framework for understanding how social systems in Nordic countries and New York shape participation, trust, and collective well-being.
A child using a smartphone. Photo: Shixart1985 / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

UNICEF Report Underscores Rising Rates of Tech-Facilitated Sexual Abuse Targeting Children

UNICEF finds that approximately 1 in 5 of all children surveyed reported facing tech-facilitated sexual abuse.

Political storytelling: How it impacts our brains

Do we know something about how politicians use storytelling and how it impacts voters’ brains?