How Trump’s 2025 Budget Bill Threatens SNAP Benefits for 340,000 Illinois Residents

July 13, 2025

By: Tacuma Roeback, Chicago Defender Managing Editor

Medicaid Enrollees Targeted for Forced Farm Work Under Trump Immigration Crackdown

July 10, 2025

By: Stacy Brown, NNPA

Donna Miller Launches Campaign for Illinois’ 2nd Congressional District, Citing Family Legacy and Health Equity Work

July 10, 2025

By: The Chicago Defender

5 Things to Know About Christian Mitchell, JB Pritzker’s New Running Mate

July 9, 2025

By: The Chicago Defender

Bobby Rush Urges Jesse Jackson Jr. to Run for Illinois’ 2nd Congressional District Seat

July 8, 2025

By: Tacuma Roeback, Chicago Defender Managing Editor

Jasmine Crockett Slams GOP For ‘Selling Out Constituents For Billionaires’

July 6, 2025

By: Black Information Network

Juliana Stratton Raises Over $1 Million in First U.S. Senate Campaign Fundraising Quarter

July 6, 2025

By: The Chicago Defender

Illinois Leaders Slam Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ for Deep Medicaid and SNAP Cuts

July 4, 2025

By: The Chicago Defender

Sick Vets and Hungry Kids: One House Rep. Slams Trump’s ‘Ugly’ Bill

July 4, 2025

By: Word In Black

‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Threatens Medicaid: Our Mothers and Children Could Suffer

July 1, 2025

By: James S. Bridgeforth, Ph.D.