Take Back Chicago

12/23/2014

Greetings! Please note on January 1st we will be shutting down this page. Please follow us on Illinois Action to stay up to date on efforts to take back our city!

12/15/2014

Greetings! Please note on January 1st we will be shutting down this page. Please follow us on Grassroots Illinois Action to stay up to date on efforts to take back our city!

10/02/2014

“We’re tired of seeing our issues buried in committee, and when they are passed they’re so watered down we don’t recognize them."

Time for something different.

By Curtis Black // Oct. 1, 2014 A coalition in Chicago's 26th Ward plans to endorse City Council candidates who share their progressive ideals. [Shutterstock photo/Bahri Altay] In the last two City Council elections, labor and progressive groups have successfully supported challengers to incumbent…

07/16/2014

Are you excited about the possibility of a Karen Lewis run for Mayor? Help us build the tools for a powerful movement and you can get a copy of Mayor 1% signed by Karen Lewis! https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/take-back-chicago-org

Hold our elected officials accountable to communities, not corporate interests. Take Back Chicago.

05/12/2014

"Among African-American voters surveyed, Emanuel gets 8 percent... Emanuel has alienated African-American voters who helped put him in office by instigating Chicago’s first teachers strike in 25 years, closing 50 public schools, opening new charter schools and unveiling plans to build new schools and school additions, with the educational largesse heavily concentrated on the North Side."

Only one in five Chicago voters credit Mayor Rahm Emanuel with doing a better job of running the city than Richard M. Daley did, and only 29 percent would support him if the mayoral election were held today. Those are the results of a new poll conducted for Early & Often, the Chicago Sun-Times’ pol…

04/29/2014

Uptown doesn't need fresh produce?

But the alderman and the Chicago Food Depository deny her claim of a political food fight.

03/24/2014

“This is the moment to be bold,”

Rauner v. Quinn. It’s going to be a long, hot season. The class war of the Nov. 2 election campaign was declared primary night. The polls were barely closed when Gov. Pat Quinn slammed out of the box with stark TV ads attacking Bruce Rauner’s

03/19/2014

Not in an area with the min wage on the ballot? Send a letter to your Alderman sharing your support for a $15/hr minimum wage here: http://ow.ly/uGrRz

Tell your Alderman you support making rich corporations pay a $15/hr minimum wage.

03/18/2014

Must watch video! With all the stats and economic figures its important to remember that the fight to increase the minimum wage is a fight to improve the lives of real people. http://ow.ly/uGqab

Nancy Delgado, a low-wage worker at McDonald's and single mom, gives moving speech at Raise Chicago's press conference with Aldermen on Sunday,...

03/18/2014

Right now over 600 people are out knocking on doors to get out the to vote support a $15/hr minimum wage.

03/18/2014

Advantage of voting early in the day - rocking a sweet 'I voted' sticker all day long.

03/12/2014

March 18th, voters in 103 precincts in Chicago will have the chance to Raise Chicago and vote to raise the wage to $15/hour for workers of wealthy corporations. This chart shows clearly why this matters.

Another unsettling graphic that shows why we need to raise the wage!