CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 19, 2016. Erik Gellman, associate professor of history with expertise on social movements and urban history, has been selected to receive the prestigious National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Public Scholar grant award for the 2016-17 year. A scholar of African American, labor and modern U.S. history, Gellman will[Read More…]
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Prairie State College’s Christopher Art Gallery to Host Annual Photographer of the Year and Student Exhibition
Featuring Kellie Lachata Card image design by Kellie Lachata CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPF)—UPDATED: August 25, 2016. Prairie State College’s Christopher Art Gallery will host the Annual Photographer of the Year and Student Exhibition from Monday, August 22 through Thursday, September 15. An Artists’ Reception will be held on Wednesday, August 31 from noon[Read More…]
Naked Statues of Donald Trump ‘The Emperor Has No Balls’ Showing Up in U.S. Cities (Video)
OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–August 19, 2016. WARNING: The video below contains explicit artwork that may be offensive to some people. INDECLINE, a self-described “anarchist collective” unveiled life-size statues of Donald Trump on Thursday morning in public spaces in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cleveland and Seattle. The statue named “The Emperor Has[Read More…]
WERQ! LGBTQ Job Fair September 16 in Chicago
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 19, 2016. More than 30 major corporations, small businesses, government agencies and nonprofits will participate in the Windy City Times WERQ! LGBTQ job fair Friday, September 16, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted, Chicago. The event, which is free and open to the public, is hosted by[Read More…]
Women’s Equality Day Event on August 26, Chicago Premiere of EQUAL MEANS EQUAL
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 18, 2016 – “Celebrate” Women’s Equality Day with the Chicago premiere of Equal Means Equal at the Logan Theatre on Friday, August 26, 2016 at 6 p.m. The screening will be followed by a rousing panel discussion with local lawyers whose clients’ experience first-hand how laws exclude or harm[Read More…]
DePaul University Art Museum Receives Gift of 114 Works by Chicago-Based Artists
Donation from Chuck Thurow builds ‘legacy of art in the city’ “Son So & So” by Candida Alvarez is work or acrylic and graphite from 2001. This is one of 114 works of art donated by Chuck Thurow to the DePaul Art Museum’s permanent collection. (Image courtesy of DePaul Art[Read More…]
Department of Justice on Phasing Out Use of Private Prisons
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 18, 2016 Courtesy of Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates When most people think of the Justice Department, they are likely to imagine the most visible parts of our job – the law enforcement agents who investigate crimes or the lawyers who prosecute them. But the department’s core[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Finds Consumers Complain of Needless Hurdles in Applying for Lower Student Loan Payments
CFPB Calls on Student Loan Servicers to Strengthen Practices, Publishes “Fix It Form” for Servicers to Adopt WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 18, 2016. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Student Loan Ombudsman released a report finding consumers complain of servicing problems that make it difficult to get lower student[Read More…]
AFL-CIO Challenges Senate Candidates Tied to Trump
New Petitions to Target Senators Who Have Not Renounced Trump Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 18, 2016. Yesterday the AFL-CIO launched a round of petitions targeting Senate candidates who have endorsed Donald Trump, or have not denounced his incendiary remarks on issues from working families to social justice. The petitions will reach voters[Read More…]
Green Party Town Hall, August 17, 2016 (Video)
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 17, 2016 https://youtu.be/nwLu587U7No Source: Youtube