Medicaid, SNAP, Public Schools and Universities, and Affordable Housing are under attack! This is not an accident. It is by design. Corporate executives and the 1% have amassed undue power and influence over our elected officials, in fact many of them are now elected directly into office themselves. Here’s how their agenda threatens our communities. […]
ONE Northside’s economic justice team works closely with our partners at Fair Economy Illinois. Some of you may have been wondering “When you’re not marching, what is Fair Economy Illinois working on?” And we hear you loud and clear! So at FEI, we have decided to host a webinar as an introduction to our collective […]
ONE Northside, along with our partners in Fair Economy Illinois, worked hard a couple years ago to stop fracking (a dangerous method of oil and gas drilling) from occurring in Illinois. By generating tens of thousands of comments we effectively created a moratorium for over a year as the fracking lobby tried to legalize the […]
The more the dust has settled around Illinois’ new budget, the more proud we are of the fact that the budget closes three of the corporate tax loopholes ONE Northside has been leading the fight to close for years! Illinois’ new budget raised ~$5.2 billion in new revenue. $4.6 billion comes from an increase in […]