five stood
Gregory Pond
hidden from news and social media eyes
five stood under sweatshirt hoods, cold and homeless
around a dying trashcan fire
that offered little warmth
in the...
Today, more people are a paycheck away from the streets. Homelessness is a death sentence for many and an appalling absurdity in this richest, most powerful nation in the world. People everywhere are demanding their rights, including housing.
Climate Activists Confront Governor Whitmer Over Line 5 Tunnel Permit at Awards Ceremony for deflecting on Enbridge's Experimental Tunnel Project Threatening the Great Lakes.
Illinois Senate Bill 1950, the End-of-Life Options Act, was approved by the House in May, 2025. Advocates say Illinois must strengthen healthcare access, not expand pathways to premature death, and that Governor JB Pritzker can veto the Act.
Amber’s death demands that we protect one another fiercely. Demands that we rebuild our workplaces into places where every worker—especially those newly entering the trades—can thrive without fear. Demands that we do better.
Illinoians have fearlessly fought back against the Trump administration's efforts to terrorize immigrants and those who are fighting to defend their rights.
Tonight I checked my EBT application on my smartphone, and found that my account had its usual starting balance for the month of $122.00. But the continuing federal government shutdown had delayed that payment to me, as well as millions of others across the nation as needy or needier than I.
Several state legislature candidates in Nevada plan to continue the trend of the Mamdani mayoral campaign in NYC with a focus on affordability and fighting for the working class.
In U.S. media, even progressive media, we pay little attention to what happens to people when they're deported. Many are dumped through the border gate, have no home to go to and live on the streets in cities like Tijuana.
At the same time that advocates for San Francisco’s vehicle-dwelling residents charged the City to protect RV and large vehicle residents from displacement by a parking enforcement program, City workers were removing trailers about five miles away.
The struggle to close the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago where deportees are held under torturous, inhumane conditions includes clergy who are part of a movement of religious leaders opposed to the assault on immigrants.
No Kings Day showed the rising awareness of people to how dangerous the situation is, that everyone’s rights, living standards, and democracy itself is in danger. Millions are mobilizing in diverse ways to confront the situation.
Today’s powerful billionaire class is moving ever more rapidly toward imprisonment of the poor, initiating “a sweeping campaign to make homelessness itself a crime."
"I am scared. I’m scared for myself, my parents, my tios and tias, my whole family. We’re all vulnerable,” writes a Chicagoan about the terror of Operation Midway Blitz. "We're all vulnerable."
Chicago Mayor says his takeawy from the November electons is that people want Democrats to stand up for working people and make ultra rich pay their fair share.
From the editors: The recent election results, especially the election of Zohran Mamdani, offered a ray of hope for millions in America who have been struggling to survive economically and who are appalled by the rising fascism in the country.
Amid federal ICE raids in Chicagoland, the mayor of one Chicago suburb is on the frontlines of the anti-ICE protest movement, saying ICE agents have invaded his city and are beating people up for no reason.
Community residents, union members, and elected officials gathered outside a Home Depot in Chicago to ask for solidarity with Day Laborers facing daily threats of ICE raids, and for Home Depot to take a stand against the raids.
An advocate for the National Homelessness Law Center warned that the 1,300-bed facility could be a “pilot” to put homeless people into similar conditions to Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz.”
One in six Texans faces food insecurity; hunger touches every community. "It’s not just somebody else’s problem. The loss of public funding is larger than a food bank can bring in," says a Texas food bank CEO.
Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), a respected Mexican tradition celebrated on November 1 and 2, honors those who have passed away. In recent years, Day of the Dead celebrations have honored those who have died in ICE custody.
