Weiss’s appointment by the billionaire Ellison family “is an ideological power play,” says journalist David Klion.

Previous Trump budget proposals sought to cut funding to the program, which helps parents buy essentials for their kids.

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Trump has been at odds with Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, both of whom have opposed the ...

Republicans’ budget bill will stick Americans with thousands more in insurance costs while giving tax cuts to the rich.

Nine tenants organized by the Debt Collective are refusing to pay back rent, hoping to inspire others to do the same.

A recently surfaced video shows a Chicago-area minister being shot in the head with a projectile while he protests outside of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility, drawing yet more ...

Israel has intercepted and detained another 145 activists in the second flotilla effort in a row headed to Gaza to break Israel’s near-total humanitarian aid blockade, after detaining and imprisoning ...

A vibrant, grassroots, bottom-up movement was behind the victory, offering a template that other states can follow.

The move echoes a push by the Trump administration to weaponize counterterrorism tools against left-leaning groups.

Roselynne Orrala is an undergraduate economist and environmentalist at North Central College, where she is a student fellow at the Center for Social Impact. She attended the 2025 Puffin Nation Student ...

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday in a case that aims to undo several states’ bans on “conversion therapy” for youth, a dangerous pseudoscientific practice that purports to ...