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Today, the District 211 Board voted to approve a new policy that will grant transgender students unrestricted access to the locker room of the student's gender identity and end the use of privacy stalls.
A recently announced University of Illinois policy requiring reporters at NPR Illinois to disclose confidential conversations the journalists have with survivors of sexual harassment or assault is under fire.
The below statement can be attributed to Karen Sheley, Director, Police Practices Project, ACLU of Illinois.
A coalition of community groups, led by PASO-West Suburban Action Project, the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, the National Immigrant Justice Center, the ACLU of Illinois, and Access Living joined together today in launching an effort to ensure uniform enforcement of the Illi
Millennium Park, a major community gathering spot in the center of the City of Chicago, must be open to protesters without unreasonable restrictions,