NATO protesters take their demand to march to court today; will hold press conference a half-hour before court date
CHICAGO, IL – A team of social justice activists planning one of the NATO meeting’s major protests will go to...
Day: March 27, 2012
Liars, whiners and haters: They know who they are!
My two-cents worth By Juanita Bratcher Those distorting, making negative and misstatements about the Obama Administration were at it before...
Campaign for Better Health Care’s response to Supreme Court hearings on the Affordable Care Act
 Statement by Jim Duffett, Executive Director, Campaign for Better Health Care  From March 26 to 28, 2012, the...
Media Coverage of Evangelical Christians ignores Blacks and Latinos
 By Nadra Kareem Nittle Maynard Institute for Structural Inequalities   With state and national Republicans emphasizing religious wedge issues,...
New report finds modest gains in Illinois, America’s college attainment rates
Speed of progress must be accelerated to improve our nation’s prospects  Experts highlight bright spots while calling for redesign...
Sec’y of State Jesse White announces Eighth Annual Illinois Emerging Writers Competition
SPRINGFIELD, IL — Illinois Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White announced that entry forms are now available for...
Father Pfleger: ‘We are all Trayvon Martin’
 To President Obama: ‘Help us stem the violence’, likening violence to Darfur or Rwanda  By Chinta Strausberg  CHICAGO,...
Student/scholar shares work on black conservatism at historic black studies conference
Black Studies: From Academy's Margins to its Center (From Northwestern University News)  EVANSTON, IL -  Changing the face of black...
U.S. Congressman Bobby L. Rush “saddened” over death of Civil Rights Leader Bob Lucas: ‘He was principled, dedicated and an independent thinker’
Chicago—Congressman Bobby L. Rush released the following statement on the death of Chicago Civil Rights activist Robert (Bob) Lucas:  ...
High Stakes Game of Urban Chess Hustlers on the hook for Fish Men by Candido Tirado, premiering at Goodman Theatre
 Edward Torres makes his Goodman Directorial Debut with this Teatro Vista Collaboration, the second of three new works by Latino...
