President Obama Statement on Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s Resignation
President Barack Obama: For the last eight years, Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz has had my back. This afternoon, I...
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Serve Illinois Commission Announces $15.6 Million for AmeriCorps Programs
32 grantees will place almost 1,600 AmeriCorps volunteers in communities SPRINGFIELD, IL – The Serve Illinois Commission on Volunteerism and...
BYP100 Organizers Shut Down Entrance to CPD Homan Square ‘black site’
BYP100 in coordination with the #LetUsBreathe Collective and the Movement for Black Lives, #FreedomNow Day of Action are taking action...
NAACP Honors 101st Spingarn Medalist Ohio Native Awarded for Decades of Civil Rights Work at Home and Abroad
CINCINNATI, OH – The NAACP National Board of Directors along with NAACP President and CEO Cornell William Brooks announced Ohio...
United States Seeks to Recover More Than $1 Billion Obtained from Corruption Involving Malaysian Sovereign Wealth Fund
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch announced the filing of civil forfeiture complaints seeking the forfeiture and recovery of more than...
Cook County Earns Recognition for Its Technology Advances
The Center for Digital Government (CDG) today named Cook County one of the Top 10 Digital Counties with a population...
More Illinoisans Leave Labor Force
Illinois Job Growth Still Lags Nation; Unemployment rate declines to 6.2% CHICAGO, IL – The Illinois Department of Employment Security...
Organizations Gather to Demand an End to Police Violence in North Lawndale
TODAY: A World Without Police CHICAGO, IL - On Wednesday, July 20th, The #LetUsBreathe Collective and BYP100 Chicago Chapter will...
Urban League Leaders: Baton Rouge Police Killings “A Horror”
"The Nation Must Unite In Pursuit Of Peace And Justice" NEW YORK -- National Urban League President and CEO Marc...
Kirk Statement on Pro-ISIS Refugee’s Axe Attack on German Train
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) issued the following statement after a 17-year-old Afghan refugee injured four people following...
