Equity & Justice

She has been on the high court since 2010.

Carly Shank, artistic programs director for the UIS Performing Arts Center discusses Staley Class Acts educational outreach, sensory-friendly performances, and the new Our Stage / Our Voices program.

An effort to spread the word comes on the heels of President Joseph Biden’s executive order that will pardon those of federal simple cannabis possession.

The project came out of a 2017 summit involving national police, organizations, advocacy groups and academics to fill gap the lack of an authoritative registry of police uses of lethal force across the country.

In a first-of-its-kind hire last month, the Illinois State Museum added a director of tribal relations – a pioneering role in the institution’s 145-year-history. Heather Miller will be responsible for building and repairing relationships between the Springfield-based museum and Native American tribes with historical ties to the state, specifically when it comes to how the state has handled native artifacts and remains.

The building is now one of more than 700 sites in the National Park Service's National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.

Pamela McElvane said she believes more diverse workplaces lead to more profitable companies and better workplaces.

Navy veteran Herman Williams, now 58 years old, was wrongfully convicted for the 1993 murder of his ex-wife in Waukegan, where he was stationed at the time.

Sherry Anicich has forgiven her daughter's killer and started a nonprofit to honor her memory and help others.

A Cook County judge Tuesday vacated the wrongful murder conviction of Marilyn Mulero and dismissed all charges against her. Mulero spent nearly three decades in prison for a 1992 murder she did not commit.