NAACP Statement on Use of ‘N-word’ at White House Correspondents’ Dinner
NAACP President and CEO Cornell William Brooks issued the following statement about remarks made at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner...
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5% of Boeing Stock Holders Vote for Resolution Challenging Arms Sales to Israel
The Boeing Company held its annual stockholders meeting in Chicago. Members of the Anti-War Committee – Chicago (AWC) had submitted...
Kirk Demands Answers, Accountability from Newly Confirmed Veterans Affairs Inspector General
Demands IG Take Independent, Aggressive Role in Protecting Whistleblowers and Rooting Out VA Corruption WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Mark...
Former DEA Agent Pleads Guilty To Tax Evasion And Witness Tampering
Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Samuel Murad (62, Clearwater) has pleaded guilty to...
Yale to Name Residential College After Civil and Women’s Rights Activist Anna Pauline Murray
Yale University to Name Residential College After Civil and Women’s Rights Activist Anna Pauline Murray BALTIMORE, MD - The...
President Obama Nominates Eight to Serve on United States District Courts
WASHINGTON, DC - President Obama nominated Judge Patricia D. Barksdale, Judge Todd E. Edelman, William F. Jung, Judge Philip R....
Chicagoans Support Resolution at Boeing Shareholder Meeting to Increase Transparency in Arms Sales to Israel
Press Conference and Rally: Monday, May 2, 8:15 a.m. at the Field Museum, South Steps On May 2, 2016, five Boeing...
Remembering Horace Ward, Renowned Judge and Civil Rights Trailblazer
BALTIMORE, MD - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) mourns the death of U.S. District Judge...
David Johnson Named Associate Executive Assistant Director for the Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch
FBI Director James B. Comey has named David Johnson as the associate executive assistant director of the Criminal, Cyber, Response,...
Estonian Cybercriminal Sentenced For Infecting 4 Million Computers In 100 Countries With Malware In Multimillion-Dollar Fraud Scheme
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that VLADIMIR TSASTSIN was sentenced in...
