Common Cause Illinois

10/22/2025

10/22/2025

Join us tonight!!!

Nominate the local pizzeria you think epitomizes what Chicago pizza is all about — tavern-style, thick crust, deep dish, it’s up to you — and we’ll have the top 5 nominees available for you to taste and rank.

10/21/2025

In case anyone was wondering where we stood on the whole federal occupation thing…

10/21/2025

Nominate the local pizzeria you think epitomizes what Chicago pizza is all about — tavern-style, thick crust, deep dish, it’s up to you — and we’ll have the top 5 nominees available for you to taste and rank.

10/16/2025

Join us next week!

Nominate the local pizzeria you think epitomizes what Chicago pizza is all about — tavern-style, thick crust, deep dish, it’s up to you — and we’ll have the top 5 nominees available for you to taste and rank.

10/09/2025

Over the summer, we stood together and declared: NO KINGS. Now, as Trump doubles down—we’re standing up again!

📅 October 18: Join peaceful protest in Chicago to remind him we won’t accept a wannabe king, and we won’t back down in the face of chaos, corruption, and cruelty.

✊ Stand with us to — register today to join the Chicago event:
👉https://www.nokings.org/?SQF_SOURCE=commoncause

Thank you to the event organizers:
ACLU of Illinois, Chicago Federation Of Labor, Equality Illinois, Indivisible Chicago, Personal PAC, and Sierra Club of Illinois.

09/11/2025

🚨 Register for the RACE Act Veto Session Advocacy Day! 🚨

Our partners at Chicago Votes are gearing up for their upcoming RACE Act Veto Session Advocacy Day, and we’re proud to support their efforts as they work to pass Senate Bill 1733, groundbreaking legislation critical to creating a more inclusive democracy in Illinois by restoring voting rights to individuals in prison and expanding civics education within our correctional system.

This is a key opportunity to help strengthen our collective voice for a more just and inclusive democracy.

Check out this link to find out more about the RACE Act: https://chicagovotes.com/unlock-civics/

📅 Date: October 15, 2025
📍 Location: Springfield, IL
🕒 Event Time: 11 AM to 4 PM
🚍Chicago Bus Departure Time: 7:30 AM

📝 RSVP for Advocacy Day TODAY: BIT.LY/RACEACT2025

09/05/2025

08/27/2025

There’s still time to come meet Agnes at Illinois State University! She’ll be there today until 2 today!

08/18/2025

Tell your members of congress to stop the DC takeover!

President Trump is declaring a phony “state of emergency” in Washington, D.C., federalizing the local police, and putting his cronies in charge – against the wishes of D.C.’s residents and elected leaders. Trump is seizing power – and he’s made it clear he’ll keep the National Guard re...

08/15/2025

Government accountability includes police accountability! We were proud to support this outcome by signing on to an amicus brief of police accountability and good government groups calling for these hearings to be public.

Read about the case here: https://chicago.suntimes.com/police-reform/2025/08/08/chicago-police-cpd-misconduct-discipline-arbitration-ruling-appellate-court