Unemployment Rates Show Slight Increase in Half of Metro Areas
CHICAGO, IL –This month, seven of Illinois’ metropolitan (metro) areas experienced increases in their over-the-year unemployment rate and eight of...
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Compliant Prisoners Teargassed Without Provocation; MDOC Withheld Information
KINCHELOE, MI – Shocking accounts continue to emerge of the protests at Kinross Correctional Facility in the Upper Peninsula of...
“Chicagoland Stop The TPP” Descends on Federal Plaza Today
From: Chicagoland Stop The TPP Senators. Durbin + Kirk Vote "NO" on the Corporate TPP "Death Star"! The Corporate TPP...
Race & Justice News, The Jude Effect”: High-Profile Police Brutality Cuts Black Residents’ Use of 911
From: The Sentencing Project POLICING “The Jude Effect”: High-Profile Police Brutality Cuts Black Residents’ Use of 911 Matthew Desmond, Andrew...
First Defense Legal Aid Launches its “Be Ready” to Protect Them Campaign: What’s at Stake When Juveniles Are Alone with the Police?
First Defense Legal Aid is launching its "Be Ready" to Protect Them Campaign: What's at Stake When Juveniles Are Alone...
Attorney General Madigan: $41 Million Multistate Settlement With Hyundai & Kia Over Inflated Fuel Economy Claims
Companies Will Pay Illinois More Than $2.2 Million For Deceiving Consumers into Buying Cars with Erroneous Mileage Estimates CHICAGO,...
Attorney General Madigan & Illinois State Board of Elections Issue Alert to Residents Regarding Voting by Mail
Madigan & State Board of Elections Urge Voters Who Requested Mail-In Ballots to Monitor Ballot Status & Contact Election Authorities...
President Preckwinkle Joins Commissioners Boykin and Garcia In Proposing New Workforce-Anti Violence Initiative
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and County Commissioners Richard Boykin and Jesus “Chuy” Garcia announced that they will join...
Innovative Crime Prevention Chess Program Designed Decrease Black on Black Violence & Increase “Black on Black Love”
The C2B Chess Club & Mentoring Program is a 10-week program for South Florida students between 7-19 years of age....
“Buy Black” Movement Grabs International Attention
Atlanta, GA (BlackNews.com) -- The Buy Black movement, a form of economic protest among African-Americans, is gaining steam at home...
