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Roosevelt University Historian Named National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholar

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…]

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…]

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…]

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