State's Attorney Alvarez recognizes Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez (second from left) presented awards to law enforcement and community partners for their outstanding...
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Cook County State’s Attorney’s Unity Conference offers unique resource and networking opportunity for community leaders
In the office’s continuing efforts to enhance community involvement and awareness, Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez, along with members...
Atty. Borges: ‘Davis case not death penalty sentence’
 But, he supports the death penalty  By Chinta Strausberg  Chicago, IL – With the world still shocked...
African-American Judicial Candidate awaits ruling in Ohio Voter Suppression Case
Hunter has been waiting 19 months for a decision in the unresolved Judicial race  Tracie Hunter, judicial candidate  ...
State’s Attorney hosts Human Trafficking Conference
 The Cook County Human Trafficking Task Force will host a conference beginning Tuesday, August 23, 2011,  that will bring...
Chicago Police Superintendent Garry F. McCarthy to address the National Black Police Association
Former Chicago Police Officer and NBPA Founder, Renault Robinson, Also To Speak At The National Black Police Association (NBPA) Conference...
Federal Court: Torture suit against Rumsfeld should go forward
 Washington, D.C.  -- A federal court in Washington, DC today released an opinion upholding the validity of a constitutional...
Nation’s top black lawyers and judges to convene at Annual Conference in Baltimore
  Washington, D.C. - Thousands of members of the National Bar Association (NBA), one of the nation's premier legal...
Lincoln case comes to trial after 146 years
 Re-trial of Lincoln Assassination “conspirator†Mary Surratt to be held September 23 in Chicago, October 3 in Springfield  ...
New Orleans Attorney Regina Bartholomew announces her candidacy for Civil District Court Judge
By Vincent T. Sylvain, New Orleans Agenda Attorney Regina Bartholomew  New Orleans, LA (BlackNews.com) -- On June 9, 2011,...
