Washington Post (July 12, 2007) A coalition of privacy, labor and civil-liberties advocates filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission yesterday, urging the agency to investigate railroad and other transportation employers who violate the Fair Credit Reporting Act by failing to give employees proper notice when conducting criminal background checks on them. [...]
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Sun Times (September 16, 2008) 50 People Who Make Chicago A Better Place: After a cancer scare as a kid, Tamara Holder vowed to spend her life helping people. At 29, Holder is a criminal defense attorney in Chicago who focuses on civil rights, race, discrimination, police brutality[...]
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BLOOMBERG (December 9, 2008) Rod Blagojevich today followed in the footsteps of his predecessors: He became the fourth of the past seven governors elected in Illinois to be arrested. Residents blame the sad tradition on a culture of patronage. [...]
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Chicago Tribune (January 22, 2009) There are moments when his family thinks of the good times, of the officer's quiet fortitude and resilience, of his laughter and his love of sports. And there are times when all they can think of is the day that he was killed. [...]
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RedEye (March 11, 2009) Chicagoans with arrests struggle to land jobs - but there may be hope: Tiasha Brownler realized she would have to struggle to put her life back together after being released from federal prison last year.[...]
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