The city has denied a group’s permit to hold a demonstration at Jane M. Byrne Plaza during the Democratic National Conventnion in August. A judge this week will decide whether an alternate route is acceptable.
In Chicago activist Andy Thayer’s experience, Democratic presidential administrations typically deliver the “bare minimum” while in office. But amid increasing attacks on the LGBTQ+ community and threats to abortion rights, Thayer doesn’t think the bare minimum is enough. “When (Democrats) get into office, the only pressure they feel is from the far right,” said Thayer, the co-founder of the .
The city of Chicago rejected permits requested by a group of abortion and LGBTQ+ rights activists to organize a march in protest of the Democratic National Convention this summer.
Now that we’ve started a new year, the Appeal-Democrat Editorial Board wanted to present to the community our thoughts on what we hope 2024 will bring to the Yuba-Sutter area.