Attorney and Professor releases new book series for children of color, encouraging character building and social resilience
America recently reached a milestone. Nearly 50% of all Americans, under the age of 5, are children of color. Now...
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Murder has invaded my home!
 (This is a corrected updated version)  By Rev. Harold E. Bailey President of Probation Challenge/PCC Broadcast Network  ...
Kirk Supports Immigration Reform Bill
 Legislation includes Kirk priorities to secure border first, allow Polish citizens visa-free travel, and grant citizenship to combat veterans...
Pensions conference committee to hold first hearing
 Conferees Raoul, Holmes and Biss discuss expectations for compromise  SPRINGFIELD. IL — A conference committee created during last Wednesday’s special...
Attorney General Madigan’s statement on Supreme Court decision on DOMA
CHICAGO, IL — Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan released the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on the...
Simon: Don’t double student loan rates
 Organizes students to lobby against interest rate hike CHICAGO, IL – With interest rates on student loans set to...
U.S. Senator Durbin responds to the Supreme Court’s decision on the Voting Rights Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) released the following statement yesterday, after the Supreme Court struck down...
National Coalition on Black Civic Participation President calls Supreme Court ruling in Shelby County v. Holder “Travesty to Justice”
In response to yesterday's Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder, Melanie L. Campbell, president and CEO of the...
‘CPS budget is putting schools on a collision course with failure,’ say Chicago students
(From Chicago Students Organizing to Save Our Schools (CSOSOS) Â CHICAGO, IL - Less than a month after Mayor Rahm...
Lt. Governor Simon issues statement on Supreme Court decisions
CHICAGO, IL – Following the United States Supreme Court’s historic decisions on civil liberties this morning, Lt. Governor Sheila Simon...
