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The majority of minimum wage earners and tipped workers are adults providing for their families.

Although the ruling leaves the ACA in place for now, it threatens to undermine the ACA by stripping health coverage from millions of people.

Where the City of Chicago invests resources matters.

Taking food away from the people who need it most does not help them get a job, it only plunges them into deeper poverty.

Measure will protect over 1 million people in Cook County from housing discrimination.

Complaint seeks new housing and zoning laws in Chicago to ensure the creation of affordable housing across all neighborhoods, not just some.

More than 100,000 children in Illinois were uninsured in 2018, according to a new report from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Family

Shriver Center advocates help block rule that targets low-income immigrants from taking effect

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