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