The Better Business Bureau offers tips on prepping for emergencies
(News from the Better Business Bureau)Â Â Â CHICAGO, IL - With National Preparedness Month underway this is a prime...
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New campaign urges Chicago suburban communities to make roads inviting to all people
The Active Transportation Alliance today launched its Communities for Complete Streets initiative, which asks Chicago’s suburban communities to create roads...
New Studies find race plays a role in Judicial Decisions
Race & Justice News A Reprint from The Sentencing Project) Â Two recent studies, one based on adults in Cook...
U.S. Congressmen Davis and Rush speak on Tamms closure
 Supermax was human rights catastrophe, irresponsible reentry policy and drain on budget  Mental Health Advocates say Illinois should not damage men in...
Ed Gardner sticks cane in fresh cement, shuts down work site
Vows to return today with black men ready to work By Chinta Strausberg  Making good his promise to return...
Sec’y of State Jesse White Hosts “Preserving Their Memoriesâ€
 A Celebration of the Illinois Veteran’s History Project  SPRINGFIELD, IL — Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White hosted...
The Black Revolution on Campus: A Conversation With Martha Biondi
A conversation with author and scholar Martha Biondi, who vividly demonstrates the critical linkage between the student movement and changes...
Republican election judges wanted
(Letters to the Editor) Â In conjunction with the efforts from the Cook County Republican Election Integrity Committee, Cook County...
Mary Todd Lincoln insanity re-trials September 24 in Chicago and October 1 in Springfield will feature modern judges as the attorneys and audience members as the jury
CHICAGO, IL  – Was Mary Todd Lincoln insane? The troubled former First Lady, who was judged insane at an 1875...
Father Pfleger: ‘Seeds of love harvest miracles’ on 79th Street
The purpose of peace and star power continue By Chinta Strausberg  The colors of their T-shirts could have mirrored...
