NAACP and Coalition Partners Take Out Full Page Newspaper Ads in Cantor and Goodlatte’s Districts
VIRGINIA – On Wednesday, June 5th, local chapters of civil rights and voting groups took out full page ads in...
Day: June 9, 2014
Madigan Charges Former Grundy County Official With Theft, Official Misconduct
Former County Official Indicted on Charges of Stealing $44,000 in County Funds CHICAGO, IL ─ Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan...
JET Magazine Releases its Final Print Issue; JET app will launch June 30
JET magazine will release its final print issue, hitting newsstands nationwide on Monday, June 9. The cover of the last...
Richmond Free Press: Farewell to Ray Boone, Crusading Editor, ‘Champion’ Journalist, Dead at 76
Ray Boone, Crusading Editor, 'Champion' Journalist, Dead at 76 By Jeremy M. Lazarus (Richmond Free Press) - Raymond Harold "Ray"...
Better Vision
By William Spriggs Washington continues in its stalemate, with a hidebound Republican establishment clinging in death throws to some ancient...
Prosecutors Secure 65-Year Sentence in 2012 Attempted Murder Case
A man convicted in a 2012 shooting outside a West Side tire shop has been sentenced to 65 years in...
Chi-Lites’ Marshall Thompson to be Cited at Probation Challenge’s 35th ‘Portrait of Achievers’ Awards, Dinner, Entertainment and The Show of Shows
CHICAGO, IL - Marshall Thompson of the world famous Chi-lites will be cited at the Probation Challenge organization's 35-year 'Portrait...
Charles Tillman Returns to Kings in Rosemont for the Third Annual Charles Tillman Celebrity Pro Bowler Tournament Thursday, June 12
Event to Raise Funds for Children and Their Families Through the Charles Tillman Cornerstone Foundation Celebrity Bowlers include Chicago Bears...
“Traditional†and “new†labor movements to showcase new organizing efforts
CHICAGO, IL -  Rasheen Aldridge, a Jimmy Johns worker active with St. Louis’ “Can't Survive on $7.35 an Hour,†has...
Collins ensures funding follows students — from charter to school district and back
SPRINGFIELD, IL –Illinois State Senator Jacqueline Y. Collins (D-Chicago 16th) secured passage today of legislation ensuring that when a student...
