🦄 Tech

Transparency Activists Sue Chicago Over Refusal To Release Amazon HQ2 Bid

Chicago, IL  – Today, the transparency organization Lucy Parson Labs filed a lawsuit against Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the City of Chicago over their refusal to publicly release offers made to entice Amazon to build their second corporate headquarters (‘HQ2’) in the ‘Windy City’. Amazon…

🦄 Labor

The People’s Summit, Progressive and Labor Conference in Chicago

Chicago, IL – On June 9th through 11th, there will be a large gathering in Chicago of leaders of key progressive organizations and activists, the second such convening in two years.

The People’s Summit is a “big gathering of progressive activists” and organizations committed to…

🦄 Police

Community Seeks Justice for Chad Robertson

St. Paul, MN – A hundred or so people gathered in front of the Amtrak station on Kellogg Boulevard in St. Paul on April 5 to protest the police killing of Chad Robertson and hold a vigil for him and his mother Candice Robertson, who…

🦄 Community

Solecast 18 w/ Mike Eagle

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An interview with LA experimental rap artist; Mike Eagle. A wide ranging conversation on the artistic process, work, race, indie hip-hop, the rise of fascism in the states, widespread ignorance as a virtue, and Mike’s origins as a Chicago rapper.…

🦄 Eco

Southside Chicago Marches for Environmental Justice

Written by Lorenzo Serna of Unicorn Riot
On Tuesday, November 3rd, 2015, I arrived in Southside Chicago to cover a march against industries destroying the local community’s air quality. I had just left Duluth where activists entered an Enbridge office and protested Enbridge’s push to…