Everybody romanticizing about the heyday of American manufacturing needs to carefully listen to one (1) Bruce Springsteen song.

Columbia College names Shantay Bolton as new president The former executive vice president and chief business officer at Georgia Institute of Technology will be the first woman of color to lead the school, and the first woman in nearly 90 years.

Columbia College Chicago announced Monday the appointment of Shantay N. Bolton as president of the school, beginning July 1.

Damn straight!

Survey Finds Nearly 6 In 10 Wealthy Americans Living Fraud To Fraud

Survey Finds Nearly 6 In 10 Wealthy Americans Living Fraud To Fraud
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CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up.

Tomorrow is the cloture vote.

KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️

Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.

Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.

"What right has a person to ask that truth should be judged by the standards of utility or money? Suppose there is no utility, will it be less true? Utility is not the test of truth." -Swami Vivekananda

Academics in Chicago sound the alarm on ‘viewpoint discrimination’ as government targets student protesters Educators and students on edge as Trump administration threatens to deport international students who participated in pro-Palestinian protests.

Educators and students are on edge as the Trump administration threatens to deport international students who participated in pro-Palestinian protests.

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Will Utah lose Sundance? Pride flag ban threatens festival's future Utah's controversial Pride flag ban legislation could derail Utah's hopes for keeping the Sundance Film Festival from leaving the state.

Uh, oh!

The Pride flag ban approved by lawmakers reportedly could derail Utah's hopes of keeping the Sundance Film Festival from leaving the state.

Gov. Spencer Cox has indicated he plans to sign the legislation.

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we oldhead artists need to form a coalition and get a REAL art forum off the ground.

we must return to the conceptart dot org and eatpoo/apedog forum days. We must return to those times

Stop reading white philosophers.

My advice for emerging artists and pros alike: it’s time for in person events.

The industry and community is scattered and algorithms are currently siloing us off.

Go to cons, festivals, screenings + launches, and other art events.

While social media is still shifting, invest in face to face.

Press release graphic: Mayor Brandon Johnson Launches One Summer Chicago Online Application for 2025, Sets Ambitious Hiring Goal. Mayor Johnson aims to add up to 1,000 additional positions for young people with the goal of increasing youth summer employment for three consecutive years.

Proud to announce that we are aiming to add another 1,000 positions for young people this summer with the goal of employing 29,000 young Chicagoans this year.

City Commission Adopts 95th Street Development Plan The plan will guide development along the Far South Side corridor as the Red Line Extension is built.

A plan to complement major transit projects like the Red Line Extension with buildings and amenities along 95th Street has passed the Plan Commission, city officials announced last week.

Army Corps drops plan for expansion of Lake Michigan dump after opposition from Illinois EPA and community advocates The Army Corps said it will work with the state, the city and the Illinois International Port District to explore ‘sustainable and feasible alternatives.’

After yearslong litigation from residents and activists, and following recent opposition from the state of Illinois, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Tuesday it was dropping a plan to expand a toxic waste dump on the Southeast Side of Chicago.

Chicagoans Mark International Women's Day With Anti-Trump March Through Downtown Hundreds marched through Downtown streets Saturday and criticized President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's actions, which they say hurt women and families.

Chicagoans marked International Women’s Day with an anti-Trump march through Downtown.

Hundreds marched through the streets Saturday and called out President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s actions that they say hurt women and families.

Cook County clerk Monica Gordon announces new DEI initiatives In a news conference marking 100 days in office, Cook County Clerk Monica Gordon said the increase in requests for birth certificates and marriage licenses likely indicates growing worry among…

Cook County Clerk Monica Gordon said her office is reinforcing its DEI measures amid “threatening rhetoric and cruel policies” from the federal government.

Federal warning to Northwestern: Protect Jewish students or face funding cuts Northwestern University was one of 60 schools warned of potential enforcement actions if they do not fulfill their obligations to protect Jewish students on campus.

Northwestern University was one of 60 schools that received letters Monday warning them of potential enforcement actions if they do not fulfill their obligations to protect Jewish students on campus.

Thoughts on boycotts: inflict pain on the corporation. Buying a couple 99 cent ebooks from a self-published author on Amazon is fine. Don’t buy a microwave on it. Purity is never the answer. Restraint though and thoughtfulness is.

Be kind to a someone today. Everyone is walking around scared. Some are right on the edge and others push it to their unconscious but no one is immune. This plane has all the makings of hell but it can be the opposite when we connect with each other

Small Business Administration closing Chicago office over sanctuary city law The Chicago location is one of six regional offices the agency is closing and relocating because of local immigration policies.

Illinois has had record breaking new business creation, yet the Trump Administration is closing off help to small businesses and putting jobs at risk.

Americans first? Not with this move! Trump is hurting businesses and workers that need SBA support.

To say that trans people are a distraction misses the whole point. We’re the test case. Do it to us and then…

The real goal of this admin and EVERY conservative admin since reconstruction is the systematic eradication of free Black Americans.

We are the canaries in the coal mine for Black America.

The Revolutionary Column: There’s no democracy in America without Black women • The TRiiBE Let’s talk about how the thankless and tenacious work of Black women gave y’all the freedom and enfranchisement that you enjoy today.

WOMEN’S HISTORY — Massachusetts became the first state to outlaw slavery in 1783 after Elizabeth Freeman, an enslaved woman, found an attorney to successfully file a lawsuit for and win her freedom.

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The ability to control mass party opinion this directly is unlike anything I’ve really seen in my time covering politics.

As Medicaid cuts loom, patients, officials defend care for chronic pain, behavioral health and addiction Current Illinois law would automatically end Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansions in the state if federal funding is cut, significantly reducing who qualifies for the coverage.

Proposed $880 billion Medicaid cuts by Congress threaten health coverage for over 770,000 Illinois residents and 78 million Americans. Illinois law would automatically end ACA Medicaid expansions if federal funding is cut.

I'm not sure "marker in the journey towards mainstream acceptance" is what this signifies.
Considering himself and Melania both released meme coins it's probably a grift to establish more public trust in crypto.

Delilah's dollar beer night and punk music night literally can't be beat.
-C. Decanter

It would be helpful if more people understood renewable energy is actually an extremely disruptive technology and the reason monied interests are trying to make folks hate it is that they are the ones which will be disrupted.