European Mission critiques U.S. Disenfranchisement policies
Reprint from The Sentencing Project/ Disenfranchisement News  OSCE Report critical of U.S. Disenfranchisement Policies  The Organization for Security...
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CTA Awards second contract for Red Line South Reconstruction
 $43.8 million contract for station improvements meets goals for DBE participation, includes local firms CHICAGO, IL - The Chicago...
Attorney General Madigan, Equip for Equality to honor advocacy work for people with disabilities
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan will join with Zena Naiditch, President & CEO of Chicago’s Equip for Equality at its...
“Arrested Justice: Black Women, Violence, and America’s Prison Nation” Saturday, December 1, 2012
 The Illinois Humanities Council will sponsor a conversation with author and activist Beth E. Richie and a panel of local...
Interfaith Coalition to Restore the Water Fee Exemption, prays for relief
Asks Council to do right thing by religious community By Chinta Strausberg  CHICAGO, IL - Today is the full...
Federal housing programs fail to place minority and low-income families near high quality schools
New Study Finds Affordable Housing Located Near Low Performing, High Poverty Schools  WASHINGTON, DC - Across the country, tenants...
Irregularities Cast Pall Over Arpaio Election Win
New America Media By Valeria Fernandez PHOENIX – After moving to the Phoenix area, the Bustamante family made sure to...
Blacks and Hispanics lost $1 trillion in Home Equity
(A Reprint from Louisiana Weekly)Â Among the 10.9 million homes that went into foreclosure between 2007 and 2011, more than...
Chicago kids get together to make a Super Hero film about taking their neighborhoods back one block at a time
Chicago, IL. – With the super success of “The Avengers†and the soon to be released “Super Man†and “Spiderman†movies,...
The Better Business Bureau finds holiday shopping lists focus on value and service
CHICAGO, IL - While everyone has their own holiday shopping list, two areas that seem to be important to everyone...
