Former Mayor Calls for Accuracy in Water Crisis Narrative 
Chicago Park District Opens Summer Job Applications in Time for First of Four Teen Opportunity Fairs for Ages 13 & Up 
Marketplace With All Black-Owned Products Celebrates One Year in Business 
Two-Thirds of Black Consumers Pay More Attention to Ads That Reflect Their Culture 
Major George W. Ford Exhibit to Open During Black History Month at Temecula Valley Museum 
B-Series Examines Hip Hop Culture November 10-13
The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, partnering with national and local community organizations, artist practitioners and scholars, continues its...
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...
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...
IDOT: Don’t be a Ghoul, Don’t Drink and Drive
Police throughout Illinois step up patrols for Halloween weekend SPRINGFIELD, IL – The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) joined the...
Illinois Awarded $850,000 to Support Small Business Exports
SPRINGFIELD, IL – The Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity’s Office of Trade and Investment has received $850,000 in...
Huge Changes in Illinois Parole Revocation
Illinois will now comply with 1973 US Supreme Court decision requiring due process for parole revocations ...
Alicia Keys Urges Fans and All Americans to Vote for Hillary Clinton in Powerful New MoveOn.org Video
In a new video released today, renowned singer, songwriter, and actress Alicia Keys urges her fans, and all Americans, to...
“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...