Новости за 26.10.2020

With early voting underway from now through Election Day on Nov. 3, Illinois residents have the chance to fix our upside-down tax system by making the rich pay more. And boy, are the billionaires mad.

In the lead up to Election Day, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is trumpeting its raids of undocumented immigrants, expediting deportations, and putting up "wanted" billboard ads of "criminal aliens" across Pennsylvania. Rights advocates say these tactics appear aimed at boosting President Donald Trump's reelection chances by intimidating immigrants, Latinos and other Black and Brown voters, who are more likely to favor Democratic candidates.

My father was born in 1903 and in his 92 years he saw the transformation of farming—from horses to tractors, hand labor to mechanization—that occurred in the 20th century. I farmed that same Wisconsin land for 40 years and in that span of time I, too, saw dramatic changes in the economic stability, social structure, political ideologies and level of mutual respect in our rural community.