State’s Attorney Alvarez Announces Sweeping Reforms to Cook County Drug Policies
New Initiative Designed to Address Drug Epidemic as a Public Health Issue Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez  announced the...
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Open Letter to Anita Alvarez Regarding “Botched Prosecution” of Dante Servin
From: The Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression The following letter was hand delivered on April 16 to the...
Kirk, Rubio Condemn Iranian Espionage Charges against Washington Post Reporter
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) today issued the following statement condemning the espionage charges...
Remarks by the President Celebrating Medicare Access and the CHIP Reauthorization Act
Rose Garden President Barack Obama: Hello, everybody. What a spectacular day. The Rose Garden is especially beautiful this time of...
NAACP Statement on the Death of 25-Year-Old Freddie Gray
Baltimore, MD – The NAACP released the following statement on the death of Freddie Gray. Gray, 25, died yesterday, a...
Dunkin Bill Protecting Civil Liberties in Cases of False Arrest Passes House
SPRINGFIELD, IL – To protect the rights of Illinoisans arrested without cause, state Rep. Ken Dunkin, D-Chicago, recently passed legislation...
Black Youth Project 100 (BYP100) Declares #BlackWorkMatters at Protests in Chicago, New Orleans & New York City
Hundreds of young Black activists across the country engaged in national day of action, drawing national attention to Black worker’s...
Attorney General Holder’s Statement on the 20th Anniversary of the Oklahoma City Bombing
Attorney General Eric Holder released the following statement to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing: “Twenty years ago,...
First African American to be Elected President of the Scottish Rite Class in the Orient of Maryland
Baltimore, MD (BlackNews.com) – The Honorable Noble Sir Rev. Medgar L. Reid, ACIS, CCIF, DD, Chaplain for The Elite Provost...
Madigan Applauds House Committee Passage of Campus Sexual Assault Legislation
CHICAGO, IL— Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan applauded members of the House Judiciary – Civil Committee for passage of a...
