Maggie Martin stood behind a mass of microphones and throngs of media at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Wacker Drive and spoke about one of the most personal and heartbreaking experiences imaginable. While serving in the U.S. Army Third Infantry Division from 2001 to 2006, she, like many women soldiers, experienced hardships and bigotry...
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  Great Lakes environmentalists welcomed the White House’s recent acceleration of a plan to permanently protect the Great Lakes. But many are less than impressed because it doesn’t come with a commitment to physically separate the Great Lakes and Mississippi River watersheds at the Chicago Waterways System. If they want that to happen, they’ll...
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The state of Illinois has always opposed allowing citizens to carry concealed firearm weapons in public places, but IL Rep. Brandon Phelps (D-Harrisburg) sponsored a bill last month in an attempt to change the opinions of lawmakers. Illinois is the last state in the United States that doesn’t allow concealed firearms in in public places, but gun...
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Anthony Defranco, 55. Volunteer for the LaRouche Political Action Committee. From Chicago, but is currently standing on the corner of 75thand Main St. in Downers Grove, Illinois, handing out flyers. q. So what brings you out to this major intersection on an 85 degree day? a. Mostly because we’re on the verge of World...
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Hundreds of protesters gather at Chicago Public School Headquarters Wednesday in opposition to proposed school closures and turnarounds.
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Unpatriotic bigots have threatened, insulted, and disrespected the president and first lady. Are they testing the resolve of the White House? Bigots want to take back their country. Daniel Coward pleaded guilty in a plot to kill Obama.  Sergeant Pat Shearer is being probed by Peoria Police Department for posting a picture of seven young...
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State Rep. Jim Durkin (R-Hinsdale) hopes that his new legislative efforts will turn around the flailing College Illinois! Prepaid Tuition Plan, but it could be just one part of a more comprehensive fix. Durkin introduced an open meeting bill to the Illinois House Jan. 10 hoping to curtail some of the haphazard, risky investments...
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Since Gov. Pat Quinn refused to sign a bill expanding gambling in Illinois intended to reduce a $15 billion budget deficit, Illinois Sen. Terry Link (D-Vernon Hills) is meeting privately with members of the Gaming Committee to discuss ways of retooling the legislation to meet Quinn’s approval. Link is the sponsor of Senate Bill...
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Do you remember where you were as the clock approached midnight on the last night of 2011? President Obama was signing the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which has been described by a leading legal commentator as an “historic assault on American liberty.” The new law gives the president and the military the right...
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The rise of technology has enabled everyone to record events in public as they unfold. However, provisions of the current Illinois eavesdropping law are problematic, even for the police. Illinois’ eavesdropping law is one of the few in the nation that criminalizes audio recording of on the job police. The Illinois Eavesdropping Act has been...
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