Friday, May 1, 2026

A couple thousand people from Chicago and the suburbs gathered in Union Park Friday for a rally and march on May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day. People in Illinois are now being cut from SNAP benefits. A festival celebrating Asian American, Pacific Islander, and Native Hawaiian artists in Chicago kicks off Saturday. Plus, during the Trump administration’s deportation campaign in Chicago, immigration agents took away a mother on the Southwest Side. Her three children were all U.S. citizens. They were left to fend for themselves. They did for nearly four weeks until a 27-year-old woman – a stranger — stepped in to help.