A Real Chi Youth podcast: Advocate Kelly Hayes, urges us to pursue direct action to threats to medicaid

PODCAST: Even with Trumpcare failing to pass the Senate, the Republican-majority Congress seems dead set on shrinking the size of Medicaid, which provides health coverage to 3 million people in Illinois.

Podcast, The Real ChiFSM CommunicationsSeptember 11, 2017activism, health & wellness, Justin Johnson, Shantasia Lewis, neighborhood & politicsComment

Safety or surveillance? City starts multi-million dollar lighting project on South and West Sides

VIDEO: Is there an impact on public safety and crime based on the quantity or quality of streetlights? We discovered that the Chicago Infrastructure Trust and Department of Transportation will spend $160 million dollars to install 250,000 LED streetlights.

News Package, The Real ChiFSM CommunicationsAugust 23, 2017safety & violence, race, N'dea Davis, Alyah Barnes, Allison Cho, Shantasia Lewis, arts & culture, technology, neighborhood & politics, criminal justice reformComment