Housekeepers, Nannies and Caregivers Launch Job Creation & “Fair Trade Hiring” Program
Domestic workers will hold a press conference announcing the launch of a new community economic development and job creation program,...
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Black Lawmakers React to the Governor’s Budget Address
Gov. Bruce Rauner's budget address fails to help college students, vulnerable residents and disenfranchised communities. This was the core belief...
Over 250 University of Chicago Faculty Demand Fossil Fuel Divestment in Open Letter
Today, the Stop Funding Climate Change, UChicago fossil fuel divestment cam- paign has released a letter written and signed by...
Senator Kirk: GITMO Detainee Transferred to Sudan Re-emerges as Al Qaeda Leader
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) released the following statement after it was reported that ex-Guantanamo Bay detainee...
Black Lives Matter Chicago Declines Invitation to White House
CHICAGO, IL – On Thursday, February 18, civil rights activists and leaders from around the country were invited to the...
President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts
WASHINGTON, DC – President Barack Obama announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to key Administration posts: David...
Pols Respond to Gov. Rauner’s Budget Address
State Rep. Monique Davis D-Chicago, Urges Focus on Budget. "...It is time that we say enough is enough..." When Governor...
Rauner Still Holding Illinois Families Hostage
Despite Governor Rauner still holding last year's budget hostage to his radical, right-wing, proven-not-to-work Turnaround Agenda, he gave his second...
A Major Day of Resistance to “Stop Police Terror Chicago”
From: Stop Mass Incarceration Network - Chicago “Stolen Lives” Families Demand Justice Many families whose loved ones were murdered by...
CBC Chairman G. K. Butterfield Statement on Supreme Court Vacancy
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressional Black Caucus Chairman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) released the following statement in response to Senate Majority...
