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

2024-democratic-national-convention
  • by david hall
Chicago’s DNC ‘belongs to Rev. Jesse Jackson.’ Leaders honor Rainbow PUSH founder

Jesse Jackson was feted a day ahead of the convention’s official launch on Monday, when he’ll be honored onstage at the United Center alongside his son and fellow delegate Rep. Jonathan Jackson, D-Ill.

environment
  • by david hall
General Iron operating permit rejection by city of Chicago upheld by judge

A city-ordered health impact analysis of the polluted Southeast Side was appropriate, a Cook County Circuit Court judge ruled.

2024-democratic-national-convention
  • by david hall
Days before DNC, legal groups fire off letter to mayor, top cop raising alarms about possible police abuse

The letter was signed by 65 organizations, lawyers and legal workers, including the ACLU of Illinois and the Civil Rights & Police Accountability Project of the University of Chicago Law School.

Politics
  • by david hall
Days Before Convention, Activists Sue Police Over Violence at DNC Headquarters Protest

D.C. police assaulted Gaza war protesters and strangled them with their own keffiyehs, a lawsuit alleges.