Since 2021, radio hosts and movement workers Daniel Kisslinger and Damon Williams have hosted “One Million Experiments,” a podcast created in collaboration with Interrupting Criminalization that seeks to help listeners better understand abolition as not just a buzzword but as an everyday practice rife with creative potential. “One Million Experiments”
The Chicago City Council passed a ceasefire resolution, making it the latest city to demand an end to the U.S.-backed Israeli assault on Gaza
Update 1/31: On Jan. 31 Chicago City Council passed the #CeasfireNOW in Gaza Resolution making Chicago the largest city in the U.S. to do so. One week after Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago called for a ceasefire in Gaza, the City Council will vote on a resolution
Tenants’ rights are a core issue in Chicago due to the unchecked authority that landlords wield over tenants
At the heart of a Green New Deal is the goal to prioritize communities most affected by inequality, climate disasters, and pollution
The move is the first step toward a potential lawsuit to bring awareness to a widespread problem
A new report found that 41% of Amazon workers have been injured on the job
Fighting racial capitalism and white supremacy is key to closing the “hope gap” between wanting and achieving reparations and abolition
Migrants are sexually assaulted at alarming rates across the U.S.
The Chicago City Council approved a reparations package in 2015 for police torture victims, and after public pressure a memorial will finally be built
Many workers don’t have any paid leave. Illinois has become the third state to require employers to provide paid leave that workers can use for any reason, not just sickness
Facing the impacts of decades of mental health facility closures, Chicago’s CARE program sends mental health professionals on some 911 calls alongside or instead of the police
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