A Land Grab in the 8th Ward?: It Appears That the Alderman is Selling Out the Pill Hill Community
27th Ward Alderman said Alderman Harris doesn’t have to answer to the community…really? By Pamela Bratcher-McMillan There were 12 plus...
Day: April 23, 2018
Haitian Civil Rights Organizations Join NAACP and LDF in TPS Lawsuit
BALTIMORE, MD – The NAACP, the nation’s premier grassroots civil rights organization, filed an amended complaint in its ongoing lawsuit against the...
Urban League Leaders: Starbucks and Philadelphia Police Must Address Bias, Profiling
Marc H. Morial, National Urban League President and CEO and Andrea Custis, Urban League of Philadelphia President and CEO,...
Federal Court Ruling Affirms Chicago’s Welcoming City Policies, Strikes Another Blow to Administration’s Anti-Immigrant Agemda
CHICAGO, IL – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled that the Department of Justice cannot...
State Education Board Backs up Charges that Emanuel’s Hand-Picked School Bosses Shortchanged Special Education
Bombshell findings back up charges by teachers, parents, grassroots activists that mayor’s school execs wrongly denied services to schoolchildren,...
OP-ED: I Say No to a Starbucks Boycott
By Jerroll Sanders Jerroll Sanders Starbucks has proven to be one of America's most responsible corporate citizens. In 2014 following...
Expanded Investigation Into Multi-State E. coli Infections Linked to Romaine Lettuce
SPRINGFIELD, IL – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the...
Grantseekers: Chicago Teachers Union Foundation is Accepting LOIs for 2019 Funding Cycle
Letter of Intent (LOI) Deadline: April 30, 2018, 5:00 PM (CT) Letter of Intent (LOI) Request Guidelines Grant...
Democratic Party to Hold Organizational Meeting
SPRINGFIELD, IL – Democratic Party of Illinois Chairman Michael J. Madigan announced that the party would be holding an organizational meeting...
Nursing Home Violations for First Quarter 2018
SPRINGFIELD, IL – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced the 2018 First Quarterly Report of Nursing Home Violators...
