NAACP calls progress on Budget Deal an important step; implores action on unemployment benefits
Washington, DC – In response to the Senate moving forward on a long-term budget deal, the NAACP released the following...
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Twenty-Six Senators introduce the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act
Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2013 Proposes Prospective Sanctions on Iran if the regime breaches the Joint Plan of...
November Adds +10,300 Private Sector Jobs in Illinois as rate falls to 8.7 Percent
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Seven Consecutive Months of Job Growth CHICAGO, IL – Illinois added...
Madigan, Attorneys General call on Congress to fund Human Trafficking efforts, aid victims
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Lt. Gov. Simon expands virtual legal clinic in Northern Illinois
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Provides free legal consultations to domestic violence survivors CARBONDALE, IL –...
Gay rights activists to Picket Nat’l Gathering of Catholic Leaders Tonight
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Gay rights activists angry at Catholic leaders' opposition to marriage rights...
Illinois Violence Prevention Task Force meets creating alternatives to violence
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Director Dr....
ReMARCs: Shop-And-Frisk stops here
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Black Girls disproportionately confined; Struggle for dignity in Juvenile Court Schools
By Monique W. Morris Nationwide, African American girls continue to be disproportionately over-represented among girls in confinement and court-ordered residential...
Father Thulani reflects on Nelson Mandela
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 By Chinta Strausberg In honoring the National Day of Prayer and...
