All articles authored by Zachary J. Gittrich, unless otherwise noted.
ACLU Talks Digital Privacy & Civil Rights
02/29/2024 | The Central Illinois Chapter of the ACLU held a political education seminar on Digital Privacy in relation to both corporations & the government. (VIEW FULL ARTICLE)
Illinois Sheriffs Association: A Measured Response 2
02/22/2021 | Police unions have been unrelenting in their perfidy regarding this bill. (VIEW FULL ARTICLE)
Illinois Sheriffs Association: A Measured Response
01/07/2021 | Responding to Police propaganda (Copaganda) about the proposed Illinois Police Reform Bill. (VIEW FULL ARTICLE)
Illinois General Assembly: Policing & Police Accountability
10/27/2020 | Interviews with Illinois General Assembly Candidates on policing & police accountability. (VIEW FULL INTERVIEWS)
Stefanie Smith For U.S. Congress
03/16/2020 | Stefanie Smith is a political novice running for the 13th District of U.S. Congress against Democratic establishment favored Betsy Dirksen Londrigan. (VIEW FULL ARTICLE)
The Fetishization of Respectability Politics
03/01/2020 | On Monday, February 24th, 2020, Betsy Dirksen Londrigan held a meet-&-great with the Champaign County Young Democrats. Things did not go according to plan, however, when four activists from Central Illinois decided to protest her. (VIEW FULL ARTICLE)
Spanky Edwards for U.S. Congress
03/01/2020 | Spanky Edwards is currently running for the U.S. Congress for the 17th district of Illinois. He is running against incumbent Cheri Bustos in the democratic primary. (VIEW FULL INTERVIEW)
Don’t Thank Pritzker Yet… And, Certainly Don’t Ignore Him
05/05/2019 | WBEZ reported that federal prosecutors are investigating Governor Pritzker & his wife for a criminal matter involving “a dubious residential property tax appeal that dogged him during his gubernatorial campaign last year.” (VIEW FULL ARTICLE)
Reflections on Dwight: The Logic of the Savior
03/28/2019 | On March 11th, 2019 the Board of Trustees for the Village of Dwight voted 5-2 in favor of the construction of a privately-run, for-profit immigrant prison operated by Immigration Centers of America (ICA). (VIEW FULL ARTICLE)
2/23/2019 | What Must Be Known: proposed Dwight, IL ICE Detention Facility (VIEW FULL ARTICLE)
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