IEMA Awards $435,378 in Grants for Hazardous Materials Emergency Planning
Funds will help 33 Local Emergency Planning Committees enhance emergency plans, response to HazMat incidents SPRINGFIELD, IL – Grants totaling...
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People’s Hearing Held on Chicago Police Torture Reparations Ordinance
The hearing was held on the Same Day Jon Burge was Paroled Hundreds of organizers and activists joined with politicians,...
Remarks by the President on Request to Congress for Authorization of Force Against ISIL
Roosevelt Room President Barack Obama: Good afternoon. Â Today, as part of an international coalition of some 60 nations -- including...
NAACP Statement on the Indictment of NYPD Officer Peter Liang
BALTIMORE, Md. -- A Brooklyn grand jury has indicted NYPD officer Peter Liang, who allegedly ​​ ​fired his gun​ by...
Tell Congress: Quit Playing Games With National Security; Add Your Name
Congressional Republicans are playing a reckless game with our national security. From Congressman Tammy Duckworth In December, Congress worked out...
Jesse, Pfleger to Little League International: “Repeal the JRW Decisionâ€
“Our kids are not cheaters†By Chinta Strausberg Angered at the Little League International’s stripping the Jackie Robinson West (JRW)...
Chicago Police Sued to Produce Key Investigative Records
Despite history of improperly withholding “street files†from criminal defendants, CPD tries to keep information secret under FOIA that could...
Alabama Senator Hank Sanders Pens Open Letter to Faith and Politics Institute Concerning 50th Anniversary of “Bloody Sunday†and Selma to Montgomery March
Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- Congressman John Lewis shocked the organizers of the Bridge Crossing Jubilee that commemorates "Bloody Sunday" and the...
ROC/United to Stage Surprise Friday 13th Action to Protest Darden Restaurants and National Restaurant Association’s Unfair Labor and Wage Practices
Stage Surprise supported by ROC/United, Food Chain Worker’s Alliance, Raise the Floor, Paid Sick Days Coalition, Women Employed, Cook County...
#muslimlivesmatter: Chapel Hill Shooting and the Mainstream Media
Arab American Media, Editorial, Staff It took the mainstream media an entire day to report on a possible hate crime...
