“Lucky 13”: Tips for a safe Halloween
(A Message from the American Red Cross)Â Â Â Halloween's around the corner, so before you put the finishing touches on costumes...
Year: 2010
CopyLine Magazine’s new column, Political “Bits and Pieces” debuts today
 During the final days leading up to Election Day November 2, 2010, www.copylinemagazine.com will offer a new column, Political "Bits and...
Quinn remembers our fallen soldiers; he has not failed us
Letter to Editor   We first met Gov. Pat Quinn on March 3, 2005. That was the day our son,...
The News-Gazette endorses Kirk for Senate
   The News-Gazette's statement on endorsing Republican Mark Kirk for Senate  Voters can vote twice in the U.S....
First Lady Michelle Obama focuses on effort to end childhood obesity on TV ONE’s Special premiering Friday, October 29 at 10 p.m.
The one-hour special includes TV One's two-time NAACP Image Award-winner Roland Martin's White House interview with the First Lady, plus...
Has Black America lost its backbone?
 By H. Lewis Smith  (Distributed through BlackNews.com)  All by-products of African-American ingenuity, Negro spirituals, blues and jazz were...
Former Kirk supporters now back Giannoulias
Leaders from seven groups no longer trust Kirk                                                 (From the Giannoulias Campaign)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Saying they no longer trust...
Giannoulias attacks from the Left and right leave Kirk in the Center with most Illinois voters
(From the Kirk Campaign)  First Alexi Giannoulias said Mark Kirk wasn’t conservative enough…  “After the debate, Giannoulias admitted his...
Maynard Institute launches Americaswire.org; new wire service will provide comprehensive stories on structural racism in America
Michael K. Frisby, president America's Wire  Washington, DC (BlackNews.com) -- The Maynard Institute's Media Center on Structural Racism launched...
Eleanor Foundation Unveils Troubling Statistics on Single Working Women’s Challenges
Women-led households increasing, especially in the suburbs  Lower-income single mothers better educated, working harder—but falling farther behind  Chicago,...
