As a student, he worked with Generation Progress, a national grassroots organizing body that mobilizes college students around progressive issues. He was part of the group’s #Fight4AFuture Council aimed at eliminating gun violence and advancing reforms to the criminal justice…

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At 26, Robert Emmons of Chicago is out to prove he can take on political powerhouse Rep. Bobby Rush and win his 1st District Congressional seat. Emmons, 26, has worked with Sen. Dick Durbin to research background on increasing the national…

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Generation Progress discusses parole reform and deceased rapper and entrepreneur, Nipsey Hussle. Hussle was also a former gang member who turned his life around and was reinvesting in his community and its under-served youth population. The guests on today’s show are…

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