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Former Illinois Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger gets a primetime role at the Democratic convention
He’s a Republican without a party. And, as WBEZ’s Dave McKinney reports from the United Center, former Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger got a p…
1 year, 9 months ago
On location at two watch parties for the final night of the DNC
Chicagoans gathered at watch parties across the city last night as Vice President Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic party’s nomination for presid…
1 year, 9 months ago
What Illinois Democrats thought of Kamala Harris’s energetic speech last night
A jubilant crowd of Illinois delegates hugged, snatched up DNC swag and navigated a sea of fallen balloons after a rousing speech from Kamala Harris …
1 year, 9 months ago
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul says the GOP ‘not like us’
Kendrick Lamar’s hit single “Not Like Us” is a diss toward fellow rap star Drake and his inner circle. But one Illinois politician is taking the s…
1 year, 9 months ago
The Democratic National Convention is more than halfway done
The Democratic National Convention is more than halfway done. And long nights of lavish after-parties, coupled with 8 A-M rallies over breakfast …
1 year, 9 months ago
Harris’ rise to presidential nominee is the latest chapter in the long history of Black women’s participation in American politics.
Much has been made of the prospect of Vice President Kamala Harris becoming the first Black and South Asian woman to hold the office of President of …
1 year, 9 months ago
The Democratic National Convention has been a boon for T-shirt makers
The Democratic National Convention has been a boon for T-shirt makers. Sellers have traveled to Chicago from across the country to sell their uno…
1 year, 9 months ago
Chicago stages light up in August with political plays and satire
Political theater is on display at the United Center. And several shows about politics are playing at local theaters. A coincidence? Maybe not.…
1 year, 9 months ago
Organized labor is taking center stage at this year’s Democratic National Convention
Organized labor is taking center stage at this year’s Democratic National Convention. National leaders from large unions last night [MON] rallied…
1 year, 9 months ago
Planned Parenthood mobile clinic near DNC offers free medication abortions, vasectomies
Planned Parenthood Great Rivers from downstate Illinois offered something unique this week during the Democratic National Convention: free vasectomie…
1 year, 9 months ago