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Chico Paints Rahm Emanuel As An Outsider, Creeps Up In New Poll

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago Mayors Race, Carol Moseley Braun, Chicago Urban League, Rahm Emanuel, Gery Chico, Rahm Emanuel Poll, Rahm Tax, Chicago Mayor, Chicago Urban League Debate, Chicago News

It's full speed ahead in the race for Chicago mayor. Less than two weeks remain, and that means more forums, debates and polls. This week, ABC-7 Chi...

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Why Our School Equity Lawsuit Is More Important Than Ever

David E. Thigpen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Education, Education Reform, Public Education Reform, Chicago Urban League Lawsuit, Chicago-Illinois, Chicago Urban League, Chicago News

Two years ago the Chicago Urban League and a group of plaintiffs went to court to root out the state's fundamentally flawed and discriminatory funding system.

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Cheryle Jackson 'Focusing On The Next Step' After Primary

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Illinois Primary 2010, Illinois Senate Seat, Chicago Urban League, Illinois Election 2010, Cheryle Jackson, Chicago News

Following a long and often heated campaign for the Illinois Senate seat formerly held by President Obama, Chicago Urban League President Cheryle Jacks...

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Family Of Veterans Evicted On Veterans Day

Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unemployment Rate, Tent Cities, Veterans Day, Dave Randlett, Bearing Witness, Pit Bull, Veterans, Michael Talton, Tent City, Thane Campground, Unemployment, Patrick Bettendorf, Chicago Urban League, Travers Marshall, Camping, Bearing Witness 2.0, Foreclosure, Don Cook Jr, Business News

As part of its Bearing Witness 2.0 project, the Huffington Post is rounding up a few of the best local stories of the day. A family of six in Avon P...

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School Funding Discrimination Lawsuit Advances

Catalyst Chicago | John Myers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago School Funding, Illinois Education, Illinois School Funding, School Funding Lawsuit, Cps, Chicago Urban League, Chicago News

Education advocates are savoring their first victory in a legal case challenging Illinois' school funding system and say the win comes at a critical j...

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Olympic Committee And Minority Groups Strike Equality Deal

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago Olympics Minority Jobs, Chicago Olympics Minorities, Chicago Olympic Bid, Olympics, Chicago Urban League, Chicago Olympics, Chicago 2016, Chicago-Illinois, Chicago News

CHICAGO (AP) -- The president of Chicago's bid for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games says the committee has agreed to share any hiring and economic opport...

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Cheryle Jackson Weighs Run For Burris Senate Seat

Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Burris Primary Opponents, Cheryle Jackson, Roland Burris Senate Seat, Chicago Urban League, Roland Burris, Cheryle Jackson Senate, Cheryle Jackson Roland Burris, Chicago News

Probably the last thing embattled U.S. Sen. Roland Burris needs now is for another prominent African-American to make a move on his Senate seat. But t...

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Olympic Bid is a Chance to Showcase Our Diversity

Cheryle Jackson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 2016 Olympic Games, Black Chicago, Cheryle R. Jackson, 2016 Olympics, Cheryle Jackson, Chicago Urban League, Chicago Olympics, Black Chicago and Olympics, Olympics, Chicago Olympics and Diversity, Chicago News

It's troubling that after two years of holding fundraising dinners with the rich, Chicago 2016 has yet to truly showcase one of the city's best assets - its diversity.

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Basking in the Warmth of Obama's Inauguration

Cheryle Jackson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Change, Cheryle Jackson, Obama's Inauguration, Chicago, Ethnicity, Washington, President Barack Obama, Chicago Urban League, Washington DC, Obama, Barack Obama Inauguration, Race, President, America, Chicago News

The inauguration -- the coming together of people of all races, ethnicities, and social and economic statuses -- was one of the most heart happy experiences of my lifetime.

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Building Skills Now is Our Best Hope for the Future

Cheryle Jackson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cta, Chicago Defender, Cheryle Jackson, Economy, Chicago Urban League, Obama, CTA Bus Drivers, Economic Crisis, Recession, Chicago News

Last week, the Chicago Urban League hosted a job fair at our Bronzeville offices in partnership with the Chicago Transit Authority to fill 300 part-time positions. More than 1,000 people showed up.

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Obama: Help Wanted for Stimulus in Urban Areas

Cheryle Jackson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Small Business, Economic Stimulus Package, Urban Areas, Chicago, Green, Jobs, Business, Chicago South Side, Barack Obama, Infrastructure, Clinton, Jobless Rate, Chicago Urban League, President-Elect Barack Obama, Bronzville, Chicago News

Though Obama's plan feels right on the surface, for me it raises two questions: "Which Main Streets?" and "Who gets those jobs?"

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Parents Join Education Funding Lawsuit

Chicago Public Radio | Lea Coon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cps, Chicago Schools Funding Lawsuit, CPS Funding, Cheryle Jackson, Chicago Schools Funding, Jim Nowlan, Chicago Urban League, Chicago News

A dozen individuals are joining the Chicago Urban League in a lawsuit against the state of Illinois over education funding. The Chicago Urban League ...

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The School Funding Gap

Chicago Reporter | Jeff Kelly Lowenstein, Alden K. Loury and Matthew Hendrickson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Illinois Schools Funding Lawsuit, Civil Rights, Illinois Schools, Chicago Schools Funding Lawsuit, Chicago Public Schools, Illinois School Funding, School Funding Analysis, Chicago Urban League, School Funding Disparity, Chicago Urban League Lawsuit, Chicago Schools Lawsuit, Illinois School Lawsuit, School Funding Gap, Cps, Illinois Board of Education, Money for Schools, Chicago News

A new Chicago Reporter analysis of school funding data shows the long-term disparities in school funding as area civil rights leaders filed a lawsuit ...

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School Funding Unconstitutional: Lawsuit

AP | Jenny Song | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cheryle Jackson, Chicago Public Schools, Illinois Schools, Illinois Board of Education, Illinois School Funding, Chicago Urban League, Chicago Schools Funding Lawsuit, Illinois School Lawsuit, Chicago Urban League Lawsuit, Illinois Schools Funding Lawsuit, Civil Rights, Cps, Chicago Schools Lawsuit, Chicago News

Using property tax revenue to fund Illinois schools is unconstitutional and discriminatory, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday by the Chicago Urba...

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