Chicago Lawyers Prepare to Provide Free Legal Representation to Immigrants Caught in Trump’s Enforcement Net
CHICAGO, IL - A week after the president signed executive orders closing U.S. borders to refugees and laying the groundwork...
Month: February 2017
Attorney General Madigan and Civil Rights Leaders Condemn Jewish Community Center Bomb Threat and Hate Crimes
CHICAGO, IL – Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan joined with the Anti-Defamation League and the Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil...
Maynard, the Documentary Film About the Life and Times of Maynard Jackson, the First Black Mayor of Atlanta, Moves Into Final Production
Atlanta, GA (BlackNews.com) – MAYNARD, the much-anticipated documentary film, which is being made about the life and times of former...
NAACP Formally Opposes Price, Pudzer Nominations
Like DeVos and Sessions, Nominees Records are At Odds with Agency Missions The NAACP released the following statement regarding the...
Illinois Department of Insurance Levies $560,000 Civil Forfeiture Against California-Based Zenefits
Illinois becomes the 17th state to reach settlement with company for alleged insurance code violations SPRINGFIELD, IL –...
Top Black History Month Scholarship Programs for African-American Students
(BlackNews.com) - Every year, many companies and organizations give away scholarships to African American students as a way of celebrating...
Seven Sentenced in $6 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
HOUSTON – The final seven of eight convicted in a $6 million fraudulent Medicare billing scheme have been ordered to...
Call the Right Play for the Super Bowl
Don’t drive if you will be drinking alcohol SPRINGFIELD, IL – Football fans across the country will celebrate America’s...
CCLBA Releases Over 4,000 Parcels of Vacant Lots to Help Reboot Rust Belt Communities
Also focuses on neighborhoods where it’s putting vacant homes back onto tax rolls through work with community-based developers The Cook County...
UMC – Urban Movie Channel’s February Slate Features Exclusive Streaming Premieres of Star-Studded Romantic Comedy and Inner-City Youth Documentary
Romantic comedy, "No Regrets," premieres February 10, 2017; Inner-city youth documentary, "Hatching Shakespeare," to follow on February 17, 2017...
