NAACP: The NAACP Resolutely Condemns President-Elect Trump’s Proposed Plans for a ‘Muslim Registry’
NAACP Statement on Proposed “Muslim Registry” BALTIMORE, MD – The following is a statement from Cornell William Brooks, President...
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Chicago Metro Unemployment Rate Rises
Manufacturing Loses Jobs in 12 of 14 Metro Areas CHICAGO, IL – Thirteen of (14) Illinois’ metropolitan (metro) areas...
New Chicago Muslim Healing & Organizing Collective to Support Communities Targeted by Mass Surveillance, Structural Violence and Culture of Anti-Muslimism
Collective of Muslim-identified women, femmes, and non-binary people of color aims to build and strengthen their own spaces for...
Madigan Releases Annual Holiday Safe Shopping Guide
Attorney General’s Guide Details Dangerous Children’s Products of 2016 CHICAGO, IL – Illinois Attorney General Lisa...
Jewish Activists Gather to Call on Chicago’s Jewish United Fund to Denounce Appointment of White Nationalist Steve Bannon
Protest part of growing national chorus of progressive Jews urging communal institutions to break silence on bigotry of Trump appointments The march,...
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch: Recent Statistics Suggest That 2016 Has Been an Especially Dangerous Year for Police Officers
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch statement on the recent acts of violence and ambush style shooting of law enforcement officers:...
Tri-Caucus Leadership Condemns Selection of Senator Jeff Sessions for Attorney General
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Congressional Tri-Caucus – which is comprised of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC)...
New Paper Investigates Black Teens’ Interactions with Chicago Police
5-year research project with Chicago Black high school students about police experiences, reveals surveillance, alienation, and impunity CHICAGO, IL...
National Urban League President and CEO Issues Statement Regarding Nominee Senator Sessions for U.S. Attorney General
National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial issued the following statement regarding the nominee Senator Jeff Sessions for...
Cook County Building & Zoning Announces Online Permitting for Businesses, Residents
Overhauls outdated paper process with digital service for unincorporated areas In order to improve customer service and efficiency for...
