NAACP Statement on Gov. Nikki Haley’s Call for the Removal of the Confederate Flag on Capitol Ground
BALTIMORE, MD – On Monday, June 22nd, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley called for the Confederate battle flag to be...
News and Blogs
Former Financial Icon Clark Burrus dead at 86
By Chinta Strausberg Funeral services will be held 12 Noon Thursday, June 25, 2015, at the Congregational Church of Park...
Just Say No To Fast Track Rally Today at the Dirksen Federal Building
Beginning at 9:30 A.M., June 23, 2015 and continuing preferably through the cloture vote on Fast Track trade authority, currently...
Jesse, Jonathan Jackson Called Charleston 9 Murders “Domestic Terrorismâ€
By Chinta Strausberg Calling the killing of the nine black members of the Emanuel A.M.E. church by 21-year-old Dylan Roof...
Urban League Launches “One Nation, One Flag” Campaign in Support of Effort to Remove Confederate Flag
NEW YORK -- The National Urban League and its South Carolina affiliates today launched the “One Nation, One Flag†campaign...
Statement by President Obama on the Observance of Juneteenth
President Barack Obama: On this day 150 years ago, more than two years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation,...
“When Thunder Roars, Go Indoors†is Focus of Lightning Safety Awareness Week June 21-27
NWS, emergency management officials seek to save lives, prevent injuries SPRINGFIELD, IL – Recent thunderstorms have produced spectacular lightning shows,...
Charleston Shooting: “…Once again, a senseless act of gun violence has visited one of America’s houses of worship and left a community shattered…”
From: Americans For Responsible Solutions PAC The announcements section on the website of the Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, South...
CBC Chairman G. K. Butterfield Observes the 150th Juneteenth Celebration
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Representative G. K. Butterfield (NC-01), Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), issued the following statement in observance...
South Loop Embraces Locally Grown Food Movement
The Highly Anticipated South Loop Farmers Market Opens June 25th CHICAGO, IL – The opening of the South Loop Farmers...
