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Search results for keyword: civil rights found in 47 News.

city-hall
  • by david hall
Mayor's RTA board nominee withdraws, denounces critics as 'opponents of African American empowerment'

The Rev. Ira Acree accused two Chicago City Council members who voted against his nomination of holding him to a higher standard than what's been applied to previous appointments to mass transit boards, many who had no mass transit expertise.

police-reform
  • by david hall
Police must 'not lose focus' on reform as Democratic Convention nears, former federal prosecutor warns

The police department’s troubled response to the protests and unrest in the summer of 2020 looms over preparations for the convention in August.

police-reform
  • by david hall
Kim Foxx wouldn’t prosecute gun cases tied to some minor traffic stops under new plan

The draft policy aims to undercut a dramatic rise in stops that disproportionately target people of color and rarely lead to arrests. “It felt like it was time to do something about it,” said Foxx, who is stepping down as Cook County state's attorney this year.

Politics
  • by david hall
University Professors Are Losing Their Jobs Over “New McCarthyism” on Gaza

As brutal police repression sweeps campus encampments, schools have been cutting ties with pro-Palestine faculty members without tenure.