The Applied Research Center (ARC), a racial justice public policy institute, released the findings of its second annual Facing Race: Illinois Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity 2007-2008. ARC's latest report card scores 56 bills from 2007 that impacted civil rights, criminal justice, economic justice, educational equality, health equality, and housing and community development. The report card also offers detailed data on the increasingly diverse composition of Illinois. The ACLU of Illinois served on the advisory group to ARC's report card.

Download the report: Applied Research Center's 2007-2008 Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity