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Kendall County, IL news, sports from Shaw Local News Network
Yorkville adopted an ordinance this week to fine and possibly jail the homeless persons and one resident is speaking out, saying the community needs "a humane and ethical way' to resolve issues.
Lynch: Hello from the Sandwich Area Chamber’s new exec. director
Hello! Here I am, four months into this job as executive director, and I thought the best way to start this column is to tell you something about me as it pertains to my work at the Sandwich Area Chamber of Commerce. Most evidently, I am entrepreneurial. I have owned my own business most of my adult life: from child care to national marketing consultant and photographer to gym owner.
Salamone Wants to Help Fix Stuff: Income Inequality
While every Trump supporter hides their support of racism behind the myth of a booming economy, it’s important to remember that at record rates, the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. Sure, billionaire wealth-hoarders get to hoard more wealth, but the average American is much worse off than ever before in our nation’s history. The Federal poverty threshold in 2017 was $24,858 for a family of four.
Democrat Who Supported U.N. Troops in Chicago Faces Challenger
In a video provided by Brandon Johnson’s campaign, Cook County Commissioner (1st District) Richard Boykin, a Democrat incumbent, claimed during a recent debate against his progressive primary challenger, Our Revolution-backed Brandon Johnson, that he never pushed for United Nations Troops to occupy Westside Chicago as a solution to the violence and crime rates in that part of the city.
How a Community Land Trust Helped Me and My Family by @SubvertingPower
Even though we were not bringing in much money at the time, and are still struggling in that department, I was researching programs for first-time home buyers in Seattle, as well as cooperative living communities. Although I wasn’t making a lot of money and didn’t have much in savings, I was curious to see if we could still pull off homeownership and build equity.
Fish Hook Theory Is Real by @BethLynch2020
This week, Joseph Bernstein of Buzzfeed News, published an article titled Here’s How Breitbart And Milo Smuggled Nazi and White Nationalist Ideas Into The Mainstream.
Financial planning for divorce — it's not just for women
A post-divorce settlement budget. Let's face it, money is usually the one thing most people worry about when getting divorced. Gathering all of your financial information is a key first step. This will help you determine your assets and liabilities. Next, create a budget; this is vital when going through a divorce. Each spouse needs to determine debts that will need to be paid, whether the house will be kept or if it will need to be sold and the proceeds divided.
After Trump Approved Keystone XL Pipeline, Efforts Focus in Nebraska to Stop It by @msainat1
The Keystone XL pipeline, a proposed 1,179-mile crude oil pipeline between Canada and Nebraska, has been a focal point for environmental efforts since the proposal was introduced in 2008. The pipeline would pump up to an extra 830,000 barrels per day of tar sands oil, an expensive extracting source of oil that produces toxic waste and involves strip mining large tracts of land.
Mainstream Media Declares War on Antifa
As children, we learn that America is a nation forged in civil disobedience. The Boston Tea Party, Nat Turner’s Rebellion, Harriet Tubman’s underground railroad, Women’s Suffrage, the Labor Movement, the Civil Rights Movement, and anti-war movements stretching all the way from the Mexican-American War to current movements against the War on Terror. With all of these movements, we’ve come to understand civil disobedience as a mechanism for social change.
Meet Cori Bush: Congressional Candidate for Missouri’s 1st District
Being the first of anything is never easy, and often humbling, but also an exciting opportunity to set the tone for the future. Such is the case for Cori Bush, the first candidate for Congress formally endorsed by Brand New Congress and Justice Democrats. Bush is running in the Democratic Primary against long-time incumbent William Lacy Clay in Missouri’s 1st district in 2018.
The Institute of Progressive Memetics by @SubvertingPower
Featured, Opinion, The Institute for Progressive Memetics by Andre Roberge August 24, 2017, 6:50 pm As you probably haven’t noticed, I haven’t been putting out any posts recently.
Former Rep. Dennis Kucinich on Why Single-Payer is Inevitable by @msainat1
Former Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) explains what he’s learned while fighting for single-payer health care over the past several decades.Progressives and Bernie Sanders supporters are continuing to lead efforts in support of a single-payer health care system in contrast to Republicans pushing for Obamacare repeal that would increase premiums and relegate millions of Americans to the already 28 million Americans who have no health insurance.
New Evidence Suggests "Russian Hack" Theory Could be Diversionary Tactic by @SubvertingPower
On June 1st, the Associated Press reported that Guillaume Poupard, head of France’s cybersecurity agency ANSSI, remarked that the hack on the Macron campaign “was so generic and simple that it could have been practically anyone.” Furthermore, Mr. Poupard postulated, “we can imagine that it was a person who did this alone.
Trump's Presidency Would Not Have Been Possible Without Clintonism by @BethLynch2020
There was a time when the Democratic Party was considered the party of movements and changing the status quo. Democrats were champions of equality, the working class, the New Deal, women’s rights and Civil Rights. In effect, the Democratic Party was the people’s party. In this role, Democrats served as a foil to conservatism, inequality, and to the injustices of bigotry and poverty. Over the last 50 years, progressives have watched as the Democratic Party tore itself apart over the Vietnam War.
Populist Challenger Looks to Repeal and Replace Joe Manchin in 2018 Mid-Terms by @Lordbaelish643
2018 Elections, Featured, Local Politics, Opinion, Politics, Populist Challenger Looks to Repeal and Replace Joe Manchin in 2018 Mid-TermsOur Series on Progressives at the Local Level by Bailey Steen May 16, 2017, 9:30 am 326 Views West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, the sitting conservative Democrat many think stumbled into the wrong party, will be facing a primary challenger in 2018.
The Young Turks Fall on Their Face Covering DNC Fraud Lawsuit
On April 25th, 2017 arguments were heard in U.S. District Court Southern District in the case of Carol Wilding, et al. V. Democratic National Committee, et al. in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. In a class action lawsuit, which the mainstream media has largely ignored, Bernie Sanders supporters are seeking damages in the form of returned campaign donations made to the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and to the Sanders campaign.
"Make White People Be Nice to Me!" by @BLUpfront
Economics, Featured, Graham, Opinion, Politics, Progressivism, “Make White People Be Nice to Me!”The vapid neoliberal arguments about Race in America must end. by Michael Graham April 26, 2017, 1:13 pm 470 Views Dumb ArgumentsThe extent of the neoliberal arguments about race in America has become so unbearably reductive and childish.
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