Government -- Illinois

Policymakers Should Promote Access to Driving by Reducing License Suspensions

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:00:48 -0400

Policymakers Should Promote Access to Driving by Reducing License Suspensions

Access to driver's licenses strengthens the economy

For Immediate Release: July 17, 2008

INNOCENT AMERICANS ARE DENIED REAL HC RIGHTS WITH THEIR FEDERAL APPEALS !!!

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:55:29 -0400

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE $LOWLY FINDING OUT HOW EA$Y IT I$ FOR MIDDLE CLA$$ AND WORKING POOR AMERICAN$ TO FALL VICTIM TO OUR U$ MONETARY JUDICIAL $Y$TEM.

****WHEN THE US INNOCENT WERE ABANDONED BY THE GUILTY ****

The prison experts have reported that there are 100,000 innocent Americans currently being falsely imprisoned along with the 2,300,000 total US prison population nationwide.

Real Change Happens Off-Line

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:31:26 -0400

Real Change Happens Off-Line
Millennials need to be activists face to face.
by Sally Kohn

The Baseless, and Failed, ‘Move to the Center’ Cliche

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:49:44 -0400

The Baseless, and Failed, ‘Move to the Center’ Cliche

by Glenn Greenwald

Republican Nancy Johnson of Connecticut was first elected to Congress in 1982, and proceeded to win re-election 11 consecutive times, often quite easily. In 2004, she defeated her Democratic challenger by 22 points.

Crime Is Falling - But Our Obsession With Locking People Up Keeps Growing

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:53:06 -0400

Crime Is Falling - But Our Obsession With Locking People Up Keeps Growing
Wealth, and the desire to preserve it, is what drives citizens of rich nations to demand an increasingly punitive justice system
by George Monbiot

ACLU Welcomes UN Independent Expert on Extrajudicial Executions to US

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:09:50 -0400

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 16, 2008
3:09 PM

Sen. Mike Frerichs' Bondage to the Forces of Evil

nightwatch — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:10:38 -0400

You didn't read about this in the News-Gazette. Their editorial board usually tries to paint Democrats in a bad light at the drop of a hat. However, they also have a policy of silencing substantive discussion on any aspect of the drug war that deals with promoting enlightened public policy.

Your Brain on $4 a Gallon Gas

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:18:28 -0400

Your Brain on $4 a Gallon Gas
by Martha Rosenberg

Bumper-to-bumper gridlock didn’t do it. Nowhere-to-park didn’t do it. Taxes on city driving didn’t do it. But $4 a gallon gas is finally driving people to not drive anymore say news reports.

As the 2008 session winds down, Illinois legislators consider what to do with the medical marijuana bill

Mon, 19 May 2008 09:23:19 -0400

Iraq War Costs Illinois More than $28 Billion So Far

Thu, 15 May 2008 15:20:29 -0400

Iraq War Costs Illinois More than $28 Billion So Far

Poposed Spending Coul Add More Than $7 Billion More