We Can Make the Future Come Faster in the South
By Benjamin Todd Jealous Former President and CEO of the NAACP We have the antidote to voter suppression: massive voter...
Year: 2014
Governor Quinn Attends Reverend Dr. Clay Evans’ 89th Birthday Celebration
Presents Proclamation to Reverend Evans CHICAGO, IL – Governor Pat Quinn attended Reverend Dr. Clay Evans’ 89th birthday party on...
Educate Yourself About Stroke Prevention
Action Alert! One in six people worldwide will have a stroke in his lifetime. Yet the most common irregular heart...
The Sentencing Project: Race and Justice News/Immigration
Tulsa Police: Local Immigration Enforcement Harms Public Safety The sheriff’s office and city police in Tulsa, Oklahoma disagree about how...
Lt. Governor Sheila Simon visits Murphysboro kitchen to spread the word about free summer lunches for kids
MURPHYSBORO – Saying no child should go hungry, Illinois Lt. Governor Sheila Simon visited a new site in Murphysboro on...
CBC Chair Marcia L. Fudge, Rep. John Lewis and Congressional Leadership to Mark 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
WASHINGTON, DC – On June 24, 2014, Congressional Black Caucus Chair Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH) and Congressman John Lewis (D-GA)...
Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate
NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Erica J. Barks Ruggles, of Minnesota, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class...
Support U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren’s Plan to Create a Public Option for Banking: Sign the Petition
Support Elizabeth Warren's plan to create a public option for banking. Predatory check-cashing and payday-lending companies have been exploiting working-class...
Systemic Racism is Killing Black Babies in America – But There is Something Black Women Can Do About It
By Shafia M. Monroe Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- The Center for Disease Control (CDC) says the U.S. infant mortality rate is...
President Obama Announces a Presidential Emergency Board, Names Members
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today (June 14, 2014) , pursuant to the Railway Labor Act, President Barack Obama signed an Executive...
