Below are our daily picks from the Illinois blogosphere and media at large:

Freeing Us From Poverty
Illinois Issues' Charlie Wheeler profiles the Commission on the Elimination of Poverty, a 26-member pane created by the General Assembly last year to develop a comprehensive anti-poverty plan.

Keeping The Heat On
Journalist Christopher Gray reports that non-profit organizations on Chicago's South Side are struggling to make ends meet.

No Climate Bill This Year
It's official: Federal legislation addressing climate change has no chance of passing before the United Nations summit in Copenhagen this December, according to Kate Sheppard of Mother Jones. 

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