Congressional Veterans Jobs Caucus launches bipartisan, bicameral efforts to combat veteran unemployment
WASHINGTON, DC — Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) and Representatives Jeff Denham (R-CA) and Tim Walz (D-MN),...
Month: February 2013
Lt. Governor Simon’s Firearms Working Group meets with health care professionals
Simon, members hear how gun laws intersect with trauma, health care and mental health fields  SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois...
White incarceration rates increase, Black rates decline
Race & Justice News The Sentencing Project  The period 2000 to 2010 was one in which prison expansion began...
Reaching every child requires a collective effort
By Tomeka Hart, Vice President of African American Community Partnerships, Teach For America Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- In the African American...
Ethiopia’s Economy Benefits from Returning Diaspora
 PRI’s The World By Anders Kelto  At a salon in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, customer Erica Kanesa relaxes...
CFJC at Northwestern University School of Law receives $750,000 from MacArthur Foundation
Award honors center on front lines of juvenile justice  CHICAGO, IL - The Children and Family Justice Center (CFJC)...
Better Business Bureau joins government partners for Consumer Protection event
CHICAGO, IL - The Better Business Bureau serving Chicago and Northern Illinois (BBB) will be featured at the 15th annual...
Immigration Bill threatens jobs for African American professionals
By Paul E. Almeida President, Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO Â Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- The so-called Immigration Innovation (I-Squared) Act...
Minority voter rights at risk in upcoming Supreme Court Ruling
New America Media By Khalil Abdullah Traducción al español  Editor's Note: The Supreme Court hears oral arguments on a...
Lt. Governor Simon responds to House Committee passage of marriage equality legislation
SPRINGFIELD , IL – Lt. Governor Sheila Simon thanked the House Executive Committee today for passing marriage equality legislation in...
