In 2012, an FBI sting led to the arrest of the then 18-year-old, Adel Daoud. Daoud was charged with an attempted terrorist attack when he planted a bomb near a downtown Chicago nightclub. Now 22, Daoud...
Illinois voters really have it bad when it comes to politics. It’s one of those states where it’s actually true that both sides are terrible (though the right is still worse). I can say that...
Illinois is a solidly blue state, but DuPage County, an area west of Chicago’s Cook County, is known for being a pretty “red” area. Open admission – long ago, I was actually a member of...
A Cook County, Illinois, judge ruled that Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) should be added to the list of conditions that qualify to receive medical marijuana. Judge Neil Cohen also said that the state engaged in...
A bomb was detonated at a woman's bathroom at a Target in Chicago suburb, Evanston, Illinois. The police are not completely sure if this is related to the outcry over Target's trans-friendly bathroom policy.
The police...
The Chicago Police Department had 150 girls attend the second annual "Daddy Daughter Dance" that they sponsor. Unfortunately, dozens of these girls that attended don't have fathers. Well, some very special officers stepped up and...
In 2013, Chicago police assaulted, humiliated, and terrorized a black pastor and her young children, an eight-year-old and a one-year-old, as they were driving home one night.
Reverend Catherine Brown said that she and her children were driving down...
The Land of Lincoln has seen better days. It's been 11 months since Illinois was operating with a budget. During that time legislators have fought with each other, battled Republican Governor Bruce Rauner, and generally...
Michael Lloyd Merichko thought it would be a good idea to march into his local Target store and stage what he called a "protest" over the store's recently implemented bathroom policy which says customers are...
Illinois Comptroller Leslie Munger (R) decided to delay the pay of state lawmakers until they play ball with Governor Bruce Rauner (R) and resolve the 10-month crisis to pass a budget plan like grownups. It's a creative...
Imagine calling to check on your bank balance and hearing a seemingly impossible number: $99 billion. Then imagine that this impossible number is negative. That would be quite a shock to the system. That's what...
Illinois GOP Senator Mark Kirk is up for reelection, running against acclaimed veteran Tammy Duckworth. In a desperate effort to retain voters in a solid blue state, the Republican from Champaign, Illinois to looking more and...
It’s no secret that Chicago has a high crime rate. It’s also not a secret that veterans often struggle to assimilate after returning home.
You might find yourself wondering what these two subjects have in common.
For...
Chicago Teacher's Union (CTU) members have been working since June 30, 2015 without a contract. They have not received the salary increases mandated in their previous contract.
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is attempting to cope with a 1.1 billion...
Corrections and apologies hardly ever get the light of day they should in today's media. More times often than not, they are overlooked entirely, buried in some micro-section way in the back of a paper,...
Many future American physicians have been training in Cuba for free. This fact exposes some fundamental flaws not only in the medical schools, but in the U.S. education system itself.
Profit-Oriented Healthcare
Not since Michael Moore’s 2007...
Illinois State Representative Cynthia Soto's daughter is taking political battles to the next level. Politics is a game of influence and numbers. While the opponents involved do battle via traditional campaigns and media battles, their supporters tend...
Who is Anita? Well, the Anita behind the passionate hashtag #ByeAnita, is none other than Chicago’s Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez. Why people on Twitter – and the people of Cook County – are...
It says a lot about Donald Trump that he is willing to pay the legal bills for supporters who are arrested for attacking protesters--a claim that he has tried and failed to say he never made. But...
Ken Dunkin is the seven-term Democratic senator in Chicago. Last week, Obama officially announced his support for Dunkin’s Democratic opponent, Juliana Stratton. Why does the President want this small-time Chicago politician to lose his job?
Dunkin...
