Student Shut Down Tomorrow, Will Rally at the Thompson Center in Solidarity With CTU
CHICAGO, IL - Students from Chicago Public Schools all over the city will join together and rally at the Thompson...
Month: March 2016
Attorney General Madigan Settles Claims Against Sham Cancer Charities
Settlement Concludes Action by Madigan, FTC & States Against Charities that Bilked More Than $75 Million from Donors CHICAGO,...
FBI Warns of Rise in Schemes Targeting Businesses and Online Fraud of Financial Officers and Individuals
FBI officials and various federal and local partners warn potential victims of the business e-mail compromise scam or “B.E.C.,” a...
Illinois Secures Grant to Improve Career Pathways for Students
State to develop plan to better align its education systems with business needs so all students are ready to thrive...
President Obama Grants Commutations of Sentence to 61 Individuals
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On March 30, 2016, President Barack Obama granted commutation of sentence to 61 individuals. The President granted...
National Lawyers Guild, Human Rights Activists Call for IRS Investigation into Charity Status of Jewish National Fund
WASHINGTON DC — Today, Palestinian Land Day, the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) submitted a regulatory challenge to the IRS requesting...
National Urban League to U.N.: Stop Unauthorized Use of Trademarked Logo
NEW YORK - The National Urban League has asked United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to intervene in the U.N.’s ongoing...
National Hellenic Museum Hosts Stanford University Scholar Josiah Ober
Josiah Ober, Stanford University Professor of Political Science and Classics, will have a compelling conversation about the contemporary political and...
Karen Reimer’s Latest Exhibition at Hyde Park Art Center “Shoretime Spaceline” Explores the History of The Art Center’s Site
Karen Reimer, Shoretime Spaceline (detail), 2016, hand-dyed fabric, dimensions variable Exhibition Opens May 21 with a Reception on May 22...
#SchoolsNotJails Action to Close Youth Prisons in Solidarity with Calls to #ShutDownChi
Organizers demand Gov. Rauner close youth prisons and reinvest funding into communities most impacted by youth incarceration and the school-to-prison...
