Monthly Archives: May, 2021

Guest: Chuck Marone - The George Brassea Podcast is brought to you by Brassea Global Strategies LLC, a leading political consulting, public policy, government...

Rezin calls for ‘a more complete picture’ following 76 COVID-19 deaths across three veterans homes (Springfield, IL) - With the Illinois General Assembly holding...

The Metropolitan Asian Family Services presents Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. with the “Mahatma Gandhi Sesquicentennial Medallion of Excellence (Chicago, IL) – The Metropolitan...

Renters Receive Additional Protection During Ongoing Economic Hardship Due to the Pandemic (Springfield, IL) - House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch congratulates Assistant Majority Leader...

Chicago, Il – With 222,000 confirmed COVID-19 deaths, rivers filling up with bodies for lack of space in crematoriums in India, Rev. Jesse L....

Jes McIlvain, Plainfield Pride's executive director, urged members of the House and the Senate to include underrepresented sectors of the community in the redistricting process.

Mount Carmel HS teacher says his ‘job’ is to teach students about their ‘white privilege,’ Republican Party ‘lying’ (Chicago, IL) - In a lecture...

An online lending platform called Kabbage sent 378 pandemic loans worth $7 million to fake companies (mostly farms) with names like “Deely Nuts” and “Beefy King.”

Oak Park District 97 Climate and Culture Coach Maggie Cahill seems to already made up her mind in the debate about the need for a critical race theory curriculum in Oak Park District 97.

African American Businesses Received the Fewest COVID-19 Relief loans, and Grants, as Program Deadline Looms (Niles, IL) - Today, the Illinois Coalition of African American Business Organizations announces that research reports issued by the Center for Public Integrity, and the Brookings Institution reveal that African American businesses were awarded less than 2% of the loans, and grants available through the $1.9 trillion federal COVID-19 relief program  for small businesses, administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration, that is scheduled to end on May 31, 2021.