OUTSIDE TRUMP RALLY, PROTESTERS SHOUT DOWN HATE

By Harry Huggins March 12, 2016 for Medill News Service Thousands of protesters gathered outside GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump’s rally at the University of Illinois at Chicago Pavilion Friday afternoon and evening. As fellow protesters inside disrupted the event and eventually contributed to its postponement, the outside protesters chanted insults about Trump and his… Continue reading OUTSIDE TRUMP RALLY, PROTESTERS SHOUT DOWN HATE

CHICAGO’S HOMELESS DISCOURAGED FROM VOTING IN PRIMARIES

By Harry Huggins March 9, 2016 for Medill News Service While Chicagoans line up next Tuesday to vote in the presidential primaries, those who suffer from policy and market failures will be on the streets and in shelters. In 2013, former Governor Pat Quinn signed the Illinois Bill of Rights for the Homeless, which includes… Continue reading CHICAGO’S HOMELESS DISCOURAGED FROM VOTING IN PRIMARIES