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African American and Latino neighborhoods -- largely on Chicago's West and South sides -- continue to suffer inequitable police services, according to new data obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois through Freedom of Information Act requests to the City.
The Illinois legislature can join the growing list of states reforming, outdated, harmful laws regarding possession of marijuana in the next few weeks, according to a group of advocates committed to changing drug policy in Illinois and across the nation.
NEW YORK – American Civil Liberties Union Executive Director Anthony D. Romero had this reaction to the death of Nelson Mandela:
NEW YORK – In a 7-1 decision in Fisher v. University of Texas, the U.S.
A Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) resident, living in the Oakwood Shores mixed-income development on the South Side of Chicago, faces eviction from her apartment as a result of the CHA’s approval of an unconstitutional suspicionless drug-testing scheme.