Media Coverage

Check out recent coverage of ONE Northside’s work in the news.

• Chicago Tribune: Affordable Housing and Rahm’s new department (6/29/2018)
• Chicago Tribune: Affordable Housing, the limits of the ARO and a new ordinance (6/25/2018)
• Windy City Times: Mental Health Advocate Talks Convention (4/31/2018)
• Chicago Tribune: Tenants of Wilson Men’s Hotel Spared Immediate Evictions (3/22/2018)
• SJNN Chicago: Rogers Park Development Fuels Tensions over Gentrification (12/8/17)

• In These Times: In the Face of the GOP’s Class-War Tax Bill, Chicago Activists Voice Outrage in the Streets   (12/5/17)

• Chicago Sun-Times: BROWN: Mentally ill still waiting for promised hike in allowance  (11/13/17)

• Crain’s: Uptown activists seek more affordable units in new development (9/12/17)

Uptown Tent City:

• DNAInfo: Homeless Protest Snarls Traffic On Lake Shore Drive During Morning Commute (9/7/17)
• Chicagoist: Protesters Block Traffic On Lake Shore Drive In Support Of Homeless Rights In Uptown (9/7/17)

Wilson Men’s Hotel:

• DNAInfo: Wilson Men’s Hotel Tenants Fear Living On Street After SRO Sold For Rehab (8/18/17)
• Chicagoist: Controversial Developer Who Bought Wilson Men’s Hotel Refuses To Discuss Relocation Plans, Residents Say (8/18/17)

• Chicago Tribune: Housing groups warn some could end up losing their homes’ if vouchers cut (3/24/17)
• Chicago Defender: Grassroots Alliance for Police Accountability Issues Chicago Community Report (3/22/17)
• CBS Local: ONE Northside and Grassroots Alliance for Police Accountability release community conversation report (3/22/17)
• Chicagoist: 8 Arrested At Downtown Protest Against Trump’s Proposed HUD Cuts (3/22/17)
• In These Times: Eight Arrested as Activists March in Chicago To Protest Trump’s Budget (3/22/17)
• Univision: Al menos cinco personas fueron arrestadas durante la marcha conocida como resist Trump en Chicago (3/21/17)
• Medill Reports Chicago: Resist Trump Tuesday Protesters to Disney’s Iger: “Let it Go” (2/28/17)
• Coverage regarding Uptown Tent City
  • Lake Shore Drive Action for Tent City to Keep Tents:
  • Chicago Tribune: Fearing city will tear down Uptown tents, homeless block LSD in protest
  • Closure of Stewart School Encampment and Press Conference:
  • CBS 2: City Shuts Down Homeless Tent City In Uptown
  • DNAInfo: City Fences Off Stewart School, Evicting Longtime Homeless Campers
  • Progress IL: Homeless Chicagoans Evicted From ‘Tent City’ At Shuttered Uptown School
  • Patch.com: Homeless Forced Out of Uptown Tent City as Development Nears
  • Chicago Tribune:
• Coverage regarding Target Development Opposition
• Coverage regarding Chicago Housing Initiative
• Chicago Reporter: Illinois Legislators OK Corporate Tax Giveaways Amid Budget Crisis
• Coverage regarding the closure of North Side Housing Shelter
  • Sun-Times: Protesters support Uptown shelter set to close before Christmas
  • WBEZ: Activists Rally Against Closing up Uptown Homeless Shelter
  • Capitol Fax: Find Another Way
  • NBC 5: Clergy Rally to Save Chicago Homeless Shelter
  • E-news Park Forest: Communities Rally Behind Homeless Shelter Set to Close as Result of State of Illinois Budget Crisis
  • Washington Times: Another year of financial uncertainty looms for Illinois
  • WBBM: Social Service Providers, their Needy Clients Brace for State Budget Uncertainty
  • DNA Info: As Winter Weather Arrives and Shelters Close, Homeless Brace for the Worst
  • Sun-Times: Brown: Time’s up for Uptown homeless shelter
  • We were also featured on WGN and ABC, but no links are available.
• Coverage of October 2016 Cook County Minimum Wage Increase
  • Sun Times: County’s $13 Minimum Wage Puts $15 In Sight
  • Our Future: Second-Biggest County in U.S. Raises Minimum Wage
• Coverage of August 22, 2016 Moral Monday “Electric Slide” Action
  • Progress Illinois: Fair Economy Activists Arrested at Protest Against Corporate ‘Tax Dodgers’
  • Facebook short video.
  • CBS 2: Moral Mondays Illinois Stages Protest through Dancing and Singing
  • WBBM: Protesters Accuse ComEd Parent Exelon of Dodging State Taxes
  • Fox 32: Power Company Protest
  • Campaign for America’s Future: Stopping Traffic to Stop Corporate Greed in Illinois
  • Capitol Fax: Gonzales attends tax hike rally, says he’s not done with politics
  • CBS Live Facebook Coverage: Flashmob Demonstrators take over Loop Intersection
• Coverage of June 8, 2016 Responsible Business Act action
  • NBC Chicago: Protesters Block Traffic, March Outside Chicago Walmart to Demand Higher Wages
  • Chicagoist: Photos: Police Carry Protesters Out Of West Loop Walmart
  • Chicago Sun Times: 11 people arrested in protest at West Loop Walmart
  • Chicago Tribune: Activists push for law that would bill employers for not paying living wage
  • Fox Business: Chicago minimum wage protesters target Walmart
  • Fox Business: Protesters demonstrate at Chicago Walmart
  • ABC Chicago: Protesters Arrested At West Loop Walmart
  • Progress Illinois:  Activists Protest At Walmart, Demand Passage Of Cook County Responsible Business Act
• Coverage of April 10, 2016 Community Convention
  • Chicago Sun Times: North Side activists aim to close corporate loopholes in Illinois
  • Progress Illinois: Chicago Activists Call on Elected Officials to “Put People before Corporate Profits”
  • Windy City Times: 1,200 at ONE Northside convention push pols for budget action
  • Capitol Fax: Question of the Day
• “Illinois Rep. Cassidy Seeks To Increase Inmate Access to GED Education” (Video) from Progress Illinois (2/18/16)
• “Under the wire in Uptown” from Chicago Sun-Times (2/7/16)
• “Logan Square SRO Saved Under New Ordinance Designed to Help the Poor” from DNAinfo (2/5/16)
• “CHA seeks to buy North Side senior apartment buildings” from Chicago Sun-Times (1/5/16)
• Coverage of Nov. 2, 2015 Moral Mondays IL Action:
  • Chicagoist: Activists Shut Down Board of Trade to Demand “LaSalle Street”
  • Progress Illinois: Dozens Arrested During Protest Over “LaSalle Street Tax” at Board of Trade
  • Moral Mondays on Fox 32 News (this was a re-broadcast of part of a live interview at 8 am
  • WTTW Chicago Tonight
  • WGN News
  • NBC 5
  • ABC 7 – Photographs here. Video here.
  • Politico: Mention in Illinois Playbook
  • Chicago Reporter: PHOTOS
  • Chicago Business Journal: Protestors briefly shut down CBOT, calling for new tax on financial firms
  • North by Northwestern: Hundreds Protest Illinois Budget Cuts
  • Getty Images
  • Mention in the Chicago Tribune
• “An Alderman, the Mob, and an SRO” from Chicago Sun-Times (10/10/2015)
• “Police Called When Senior Citizens Show Up at CEO’s Door to Protest Ousting” from DNAinfo (10/6/15)
• “Tenants Worry as Senior Apartment Buildings Go Up for Sale” from Chicago Tribune (9/25/15)
• “Seniors Ask to Stay but Prepare to Move” from Chicago Sun-Times (9/14/15)
• “Low-Income Seniors to Be Ousted As Homes Shopped to For-Profit Buyers: Ald.” from DNA Info (9/12/15)
• “Seniors ‘In a State of Shock’ After Charity Reveals Plan to Sell their Homes” from CBS Chicago (9/11/15)
• “Senior Housing Operator Tells Residents it’s Time to Go” from Chicago Sun-Times (9/5/15)
• “This is Crazy” Part 3 of 3 from Brave New Films
• “Moral Mondays in Chicago; Speaking out against the Rauner Budget” by Rep. Jan Schakowsky in Huffington Post (8/11/15)
• “Protestors Call for a Fair Illinois Budget outside Home of Rauner Campaign Donor” from Progress Illinois (8/11/15)
• NBC5 at 4:30pm  previewing a report on our June 29, 2015 Moral Monday action
• NBC 5 at 5:00pm featuring an interview with Sam Wickham at the June 29, 2015 Moral Monday Action
• NBC5 at 6:00pm featuring an interview with Terry Bridgeforth at the June 29, 2015 Moral Monday Action
• NBC5 at 10:30pm showing the arrests of the June 29, 2015 Moral Monday Action
• Moral Monday Activists Target Rauner Ally as Government Shutdown Looms from The Chicagoist (6/29/15)
• Clergy, Believers call for fair Illinois Budget from the Chicago Tribune (6/28/15), featuring Pr. Fred Kinsey, Rev. Emily Heitzman, Rita Battles and Joe Crosby
• Moral Monday Activists protest Rauner’s Proposed Budget Cuts from Progress Illinois (6/29/15)
• Arrests Reported at Griffin Protest in Capitol Fax (6/30/15)
• CBS2 at 10pm showing footage of our Moral Mondays 6/29/15 Action
• Univision featuring an interview with Raunel Urquiza at our June 29, 2015 action
• WBBM/CBS on 6/30/15 quoting Raunel Urquiza
• Chicago Tonight Coverage of Moral Monday (6/1 ) from WTTW’s Chicago Tonight
• ABC7’s Chopper Coverage of Moral Monday (6/1) from ABC7 Chicago
• Rauner Takes Heat for More Budget Cuts Slated for July from The Chicagoist
• Activists Call for ‘Fair-Share’ Revenue Options to Tackle Illinois Budget from Progress Illinois
• Governor Rauner Worships the Golden Calf from the Video Catalysis Project
• Police Face Choice of Handcuffs or Helping Hand for Mentally Ill from The Chicago Reporter
• Union-backed protesters hit Capitol over Rauner budget cuts from Chicago Tribune
• Slideshow of We Rise Protests at State Capitol from Springfield Journal Register
• Chicago activists trek to Springfield to demand funding for subsidized daycare program from Progress IL
• Protesters in Springfield today: ‘Tax the rich now,’ ‘no cuts’ from Crain’s
• 1,500 Protesters Fight Gov. Rauner’s Extreme Budget Cuts for “WE RISE” Actions from Springfield ABC
• Protestors Pack State Capitol over Proposed Budget Cuts from Chicagoist
• “WE RISE!” Protests Swarm State Capitol to Fight Gov. Rauner’s Budget Cuts from Springfield NBC 17
• Protesters Fight Gov. Rauner’s Cuts; Sen. Manar Says Lawmakers Need  “Specifics” from Springfield CBS 3 6pm
• “WE RISE” Protests Swarm State Capitol to Fight Gov. Rauner’s Budget Cuts from Springfield CBS 3 5pm
• Protesters fill Capitol to oppose Gov. Bruce Rauner’s budget cuts from GateNews Serivce (Springfield Journal Register & Rockford Register Star)
• Hundreds gather at Capitol to protest budget cuts from The Southern
• Protesters fill Capitol to oppose Gov. Bruce Rauner’s Budget Cuts from Journal Standard
• Growing Your Own Teachers from Chicago Catalyst
• What Happens When Housing for the Poor Is Remodeled as Luxury Studios from The Washington Post
• Hard Work of Many Led to Single Room Occupancy Ordinance from Chicago Sun Times
• Is Gentrification Inevitable? from In These Times
• SRO Tenants Gain Protections from WBEZ
• Chicago SRO Proposal: Help the Poor or Write a Big Check from Chicago Tribune
• City to Introduce New Rules to Protect Single-Room Housing from Crain’s Chicago Business
• SRO Proposal Passes Committee Hurdle from Chicago Tribune
• What’s Next for Chicago’s Remaining SROs? from Gaper’s Block
• Aldermen, Activists Gather to Support Residential Hotels from Chicago Tribune
• SRO Moratorium Passes City Council from the RedEye
• Mayor’s Office Pushing for Moratorium On Closures of SRO Hotels from CBS
• Raising Awareness on How Police Treat People with Mental Illness from The Morning Shift on WBEZ
• Chicago Activist Press CPD to End ‘Criminalization’ of the Mentally Ill from Progress Illinois
• From High Hopes to Broken Dreams: A Plea for Police Training in Mental Health from Social Justice News Nexus. Also found on The Chicago Bureau.
• Mental Health Advocates Demand Expansion of Police Sensitivity Training from The Gate News
• Mental Health Advocates Push Police for More Crisis Intervention Training from DNA Info Chicago