"Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves, and the only way they could do this is by not voting." -- President Franklin D. Roosevelt ILLINOIS soon will join the ranks of states making it easier for eligible citizens to register [...]
The Illinois Senate voted Wednesday to ratify Equal Rights Amendment to guarantee in the U.S. Constitution that rights can’t be denied because of a person’s sex, an effort supporters say has renewed importance amid of the #MeToo movement that has put a spotlight on women’s issues. The measure passed on [...]
While there weren’t any earth-shattering upsets in the Illinois primary election on Tuesday night, there were still more signs of a steady Democratic wave building in the fall. Turnout among Democratic voters was up substantially over the past few midterm election cycles, according to several early reports, and more Republican [...]
Sandra Whitmore attended her first protest in 1968. Then 30, she joined others in San Francisco to publicly burn their bras, she said. The experience was so intoxicating, Whitmore said, that she's attended dozens of protests in the five decades since. On Saturday, the mother of four, now 80, attended [...]
A judge has ordered Illinois officials to add intractable pain as a qualifying condition for medical marijuana, a ruling that could greatly expand access to the drug. The Illinois Department of Public Health had rejected intractable pain — defined as pain that’s resistant to treatment — but Cook County Judge [...]
