Respiratory Illness at Illinois Veterans’ Home-Quincy
Quincy, IL - The Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs (IDVA) and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced eight...
Month: August 2015
Governor Rauner Requests SBA Assistance for Grundy, Iroquois Counties
Declaration would help people and businesses affected by summer storms with low-interest, long-term loans to help with recovery SPRINGFIELD, IL...
Women In Jazz Festival Offers Three Electrifying Shows Nov. 19-21 at Evanston’s Nichols Concert Hall
Dee Dee Bridgewater The Music Institute of Chicago presents its sixth annual Jazz Festival, this year pointing the spotlight on...
It’s Time to Stand Up to the NRA: Sign The Petition
“Thoughts and prayers†or real action to stop gun violence? Tell Senators Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, and Lindsey Graham: "Your...
Congressional Black Caucus Mourns Passing of U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant General Frank E. Petersen, Jr.
CBC Chairman Butterfield’s Statement on the Passing of U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant General Frank E. Petersen, Jr. WASHINGTON, D.C. –...
Madigan: IDOC Worker Arrested on Charges of Fraud, Official Misconduct
CHICAGO, IL — Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced that an Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) parole agent was...
Black Women for Positive Change to Convene Third National Week of Non-Violence
National/Global Week of Non-Violence Announced, October 17-25, 2015 Black Women for Positive Change (BW4PC) a national, inter-faith, multi-cultural volunteer and...
Katrina’s Message on America’s Poor Still Unheard 10 Years Later
New America Media By Earl Ofari Hutchinson There was a moment in the aftermath of the Katrine debacle ten years...
President Obama, Attorney General Lynch and Congressional Black Caucus Mourn Death of Civil Rights Matriarch Amelia Boynton Robinson
Civil Rights Activist Amelia Boynton Robinson was 104-years-old Calling Amelia Boynton Robinson "An American Hero", President Barack Obama said it...
Rewriting the History of American Sociology: Groundbreaking Book Makes Case That W.E.B. Du Bois is Primary Founder of Modern Sociology
NORTHWESTERN NEWS: www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/ Du Bois and colleagues at black university produced first scientific school of sociology ‘Racism, power and money...
