public policy

Chicago voters will choose district council to improve public safety and police accountability

January 26, 2023 By Stephania Rodriguez

“We believe that it’s necessary for the community to have not just a voice, but a decisive voice in what happens in their communities around policing and public safety.”

COVID-19: In the U.S., science is being twisted and suppressed

April 27, 2020 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

One lesson learned is that science must exist for the benefit of all people and not be left to the mercies of the rich and powerful.

Evidence mounts that Trump is squashing federal response to coronavirus

March 31, 2020 By John Wojcik

Secret recording made at his meeting with governors exposes the president’s intention to follow the right-wing playbook of a minimal role for the federal government.

States largely fend for themselves in race against coronavirus pandemic

March 26, 2020 By John Bachtell

Illinois governor to Trump: “You should be leading a national response instead of throwing tantrums from the back seat……Get off Twitter and do your job.”

Sides agree on $2 trillion coronavirus aid bill

March 25, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg

While the measure helps workers, corporate lobbies seized the chance to insert some multibillion-dollar goodies for themselves, too, feeding off U.S. taxpayers for $20 billion more for agribusiness and a reported $17 billion for Boeing, for...