Racially Profiled Youth to File Lawsuit Against City of Chicago
Community Groups Stand Behind Arrested Affordable Care Act Canvassers, Demand Protection of Constitutional Rights CHICAGO, IL - On Tuesday, February...
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Submit Entries for the 2015 Knight-Risser Prize for Western Environmental Journalism
From New America Media A special invitation from NAM partner The John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships at Stanford： Deadline: March...
U.S. Energy Department Award Will Enable Cook County, Partners To Identify Opportunities for Advancing Solar Power
The Cook County Department of Environmental Control will receive a federal cooperative award of $1.2 million to help bring “community...
A Path Towards a Thriving Middle Class: President Obama’s Weekly Address
WASHINGTON, DC — In this week’s address, the President described the progress our economy has made, laying a foundation for...
Kirk Leads Letter to DOJ Requesting Immediate Investigation of Backpage.com
Backpage is Online Facilitator of Sex Trafficking Profits of More than $26 Million a Year WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator...
Clergy Coalition Kicks Off Souls to the Polls Campaign Pushing Early Voting
By Chinta Strausberg With the goal of signing up a minimum of 100 churches in Chicago, a faith based coalition...
Statement by President Obama on International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau
President Barack Obama's Statement: On the tenth International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau,...
Kirk Introduces Bipartisan Bill Improving Health Care and Providing Jobs for Veterans
Frontlines to Lifelines Makes it Easier for Veterans with Medical Training to Care for Their Fellow Veterans WASHINGTON, D.C. –...
Residents Stage Sit-in to Save Reclaimed ‘Community House’ from Citibank
CHICAGO, IL: Community members will stage a sit-in Wednesday to demand that Citibank meet with a Rogers Park family seeking...
Justice for Stephon: A Freedom Ride for #BlackLivesMatter
Day-Long Action from Chicago to Calumet City to Reclaim Black History Month and Demand Justice for Stephon Watts. CHICAGO, IL...
