Monthly Archives: July, 2021

Chicago lawsuit gains national attention, commentary in New Hampshire - A lawsuit filed in Illinois targeting critical race theory (CRT) teachings as discriminatory is fast drawing national attention.

Teacher sues Evanston-Skokie School District over CRT (Evanston, IL ) - A District 65 grade school teacher has formally filed suit in federal court against the Evanston/Skokie Community Consolidated district alleging discrimination over its critical race theory teachings.

Media literacy requirement, animal products ban among latest 53 bills signed by Pritzker (Springfield, IL) - Public high schools in Illinois will soon be required to teach students how to access and evaluate various kinds of news and social media they see online and elsewhere as part of their regular curriculum.

Unprecedented unemployment deficit threatens to ‘cripple’ businesses, claimants (Springfield, IL) - Since economic shutdowns began and COVID-19 death counts started to rise in March 2020, national unemployment rates have hovered at historically high numbers, stressing state unemployment systems left dealing with an unprecedented number of claims.

Facebook Got Rid of Racial Ad Categories. Or Did It? - Last year, Facebook quietly moved to prevent advertisers from choosing the race of the people who would see their ads.

Pfleger calls on Pritzker to declare gun violence an emergency in Illinois (Chicago, IL) - Declaring “Illinois is in a state of emergency,” the Rev. Michael Pfleger of the Archdiocese of Chicago is calling on Gov. J.B. Pritzker to take immediate action.

Park Forest celebrates grand opening of new bar & grill (Park Forest, IL) - The Village of Park Forest welcomed a new business into their downtown area today with a ribbon cutting celebration.

New law requires public schools to teach Asian American history (Springfield, IL) – All public schools in Illinois will soon be required to teach a unit on Asian American history and culture as part of their social studies curriculum.

White Sox just get by to sweep the series against Orioles (Baltimore, Maryland) - The last game of the series against the Orioles started with White Sox pitcher Dylan Cease on the mound for the Sox. 

White Sox take the 2nd game of the series in Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland) - The White Sox, coming off a big win yesterday, were ready to play ball.