CBC Chairman G. K. Butterfield Statement on Supreme Court Vacancy
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressional Black Caucus Chairman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) released the following statement in response to Senate Majority...
Year: 2016
Ask Your Legislator to Support the HEAL Act
From: Malik S. Nevels, J.D. Illinois African American Coalition for Prevention As Governor Rauner addresses the legislature regarding the...
Comparative Analysis of U.S. Prison Population Trends 1999-2014
From: Marc Mauer The Sentencing Project I'm writing to share two new analyses pertaining to reforms in the adult and...
Physician Pleads Guilty To Illegally Prescribing Pain Medication
TYLER, Texas – U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced that an East Texas pain management physician has pleaded guilty to...
Legislators and Grassroots Leaders Release the People’s Agenda, A People-Focused Alternative to the Turnaround Agenda
On the eve of Rauner’s Budget Address, Groups Lays Out New Vision to Put People Back on the Agenda in...
State Senator Raoul Joins Petition to Appoint Special Prosecutor for LaQuan McDonald Case
Court appointee would take over prosecution of officer accused of killing Laquan McDonald SPRINGFIELD, IL — Illinois State Senator...
Illinois Legislative Black Caucus to Host Press Conference Following the Governor’s Budget Address
Following Governor Rauner’s budget address, members of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus will hold a press conference to give...
VP Candidate, Chicago Activists to Hold Press Conference on Flint Water Crisis, Police Brutality, Deportations
Vice-Presidential candidate Lamont Lilly, along with Philadelphia activists Pam & Ramona Africa, and Chicago activists Daphne Jackson and Patricia Linarez,...
New Book Reveals the Truth About Ferguson, Missouri’s Ongoing White Supremacy
Jamala Rogers, author of "Ferguson is America: Roots of Rebellion" says that Ferguson city officials continue to refuse to acknowledge...
Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Hate Crime for Threatening to Firebomb Two Mosques and Shoot Worshippers
The Justice Department announced that Martin Alan Schnitzler, 43, pleaded guilty to a hate crime in the Middle District of...
