Illinois Domestic Workers Claim Victory in 5-Year Campaign For Basic Workplace Protections
Friday’s bill signing makes Illinois 7th state to provide domestic workers with legal protections Decades after the passage of...
Year: 2016
Attorney General Madigan Joins 18 States Calling For Limits on Mandatory Arbitration Clauses
Multistate Letter to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Requesting Restoration of Consumer Protections CHICAGO, IL ─ Illinois Attorney General Lisa...
Treasurer Frerichs Holds Statewide Hearings On Life Insurers That Do Not Pay Death Benefits
Kemper Invited to Participate, Testify on its Non-Payment Actions First Public Hearing Aug. 17 in Normal, Illinois SPRINGFIELD, IL...
Invisible Scars: Prisoner of Her Past (2010) #KTQ50 Film Now Streaming for Free
From today until Friday, August 19th, the free KTQ50 film is Prisoner of Her Past (2010). "A brave work of personal discovery that explores a scandalously...
CPS Students Rally for Fired Teachers and Staff Outside the Thompson Center Today
CHICAGO, IL - In response to the recent firing of one thousand teachers and staff employed by Chicago Public...
NAACP Response to Department of Justice Report on Civil Rights Violations by Baltimore City Police Department
BALTIMORE, MD — NAACP National President and CEO Cornell William Brooks issued the following statement in response to the United...
Department of Justice Expands Services for Crime Victims
New Federal Rule Helps States Plan for Historic Funding Increases The Department of Justice today published a final rule expanding...
129-Year-Old Black Child Welfare Agency Struggling to Survive
Launches online crowdfunding campaign at www.gofundme.com/csichild Philadelphia, PA (BlackNews.com) -- Childrens Service Inc. (CSI) is a 129-year old child...
Clifford Law Offices Obtains $3.3 Million Verdict Against Northwestern Hospital for Overdosing Father and Husband, Killing Him
A Cook County Circuit Court jury returned a verdict for $3.3 million against Northwestern Hospital for administering a 56-year-old man...
Harlem Project Helping Black Women Entrepreneurs
The Harlem Business Alliance Announces the Lillian Project: Inspire, Empower & Eliminate Obstacles for African-American Harlem Women Entrepreneurs New...
