CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—February 17, 2017. The Democratic Party of the 49th Ward is hosting a public meeting, featuring Colleen Connell, Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois. Join us Monday, February 20th, 7:00 p.m., at the Loyola Park Fieldhouse, 1230 W. Greenleaf (at the Lake). The ACLU is in the[Read More…]
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HotHouse Presents Cuba Va! on Saturday, February 25
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)— HotHouse is organizing a rare cultural exchange between musicians living in Chicago and Cuban artists living in Guantanamo. The Chicago-Guantanamo Blues Exchange will bring 5 critically acclaimed artists from Chicago to Santiago, Guantanamo and Baracoa Cuba March 1-9, 2017. Additionally, journalists and other cultural workers from the region will[Read More…]
New Website Highlights Extent of Wall Street Influence in White House
Despite Campaign Promises to Drain the Swamp, Trump Names Enough Wall Street Executives to Field a Baseball Team WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–February 17, 2017. As spring training kicks off, Our Revolution on Friday launched WallStreetLackeys.com, a site that aims to shed light on the fact that President Trump has surrounded himself with[Read More…]
Rep. Gutiérrez Remarks on Being Asked to Leave ICE Meeting in Capitol By Speaker Ryan and Chairman Goodlatte
“Speaker Ryan is not an emperor and does not control who I meet with.” Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–February 16, 2017. Today, Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL) issued a statement in response to being excluded from a meeting in the U.S. Capitol with Acting Director Thomas Homan of ICE. Rep. Gutiérrez was[Read More…]
U.S. Rep. Bobby L. Rush Goes After Gun Traffickers with the Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear Act of 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—February 17, 2017. As deadly gun violence continues to claim lives in Chicago and wreak havoc on communities engulfed in poverty, drugs, high unemployment and a lack of access to mental health and social services, U.S. Representative Bobby L. Rush (IL-01) has reintroduced H.R.810 the “Hadiya Pendleton and[Read More…]
University of Chicago Smart Exhibition Upends Classical Style
Louis Dupré, Portrait of M. Fauvel, the French Consul, with View of the Acropolis, 1819, Oil on canvas. Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Woods, 1980.33. CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 16, 2017 By: Andrew Bauld Even the most casual observer is probably acquainted with[Read More…]
Senators Durbin & Duckworth Introduce Legislation Rescinding Trump’s Mass Deportation Executive Order
WASHINGTON, DC —(ENEWSPF)–February 16, 2017. U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and 19 other Senators in introducing legislation to rescind President Trump’s Executive Order on Interior Enforcement, which directed the Department of Homeland Security to prioritize the deportation of a vast majority[Read More…]
U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush to Host Forum on Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Policies and Propaganda on Feb. 23 in Chicago
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 16, 2017. As the nation braces itself against sustained attacks on immigrant families from the Trump White House, Congressman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL01) today announced plans to host an immigration policy forum entitled, “Navigating Today’s U.S, Immigration Policy.” The forum will be held Thursday, Feb. 23rd at the[Read More…]
Ricardo Vega Signs With UIC, Becomes Third Division I Men’s Soccer Player in Prairie State College History
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–February 16, 2017. Committed, hardworking, disciplined, responsible and determined. These are words of high praise, especially when coming from a coach in regards to a player. When asked to describe his former midfielder Ricardo Vega (Kelly H.S.), these characteristics immediately came to mind for Prairie State College men’s soccer[Read More…]
DePaul University Names First Lay Leader as Its 12th President
A. Gabriel Esteban, Ph.D., was named the 12th president of DePaul University. Photographed in Cortelyou Commons on DePaul’s Lincoln Park Campus, Esteban will assume his new role July 1. (DePaul University/Jamie Moncrief) CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–February 16, 2017. This morning, at a live public announcement, DePaul’s Board of Trustees named A. Gabriel[Read More…]
