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At the end of November, we pulled together more than 100 people at Rainbow Push in Kenwood to talk about how Chicago’s current electoral system, which requires candidates for City Council to finance their own campaigns, puts major barriers in front of working people who want to run for city office. In a city where…

We took 38 of our members to Springfield and met with 19 state legislators in a single day about The People’s Lobby’s legislative agenda.

After a steep drop in ridership, passengers are slowly returning to the CTA. But some Chicagoans have put down their Ventra cards for new ways to travel the city.

Attendees talked about how to make buses and trains more reliable, improve conditions for CTA workers, and address the region’s looming transit fiscal cliff.

If passed, the Chicago Rideshare Living Wage and Safety Ordinance would raise drivers’ wages, improve their safety and create a transparent system to handle driver deactivations.