CTA awards $220 million contract for Red Line South Reconstruction
 $220 million contract for track work exceeds goals for DBE participation, includes local firms    The Chicago Transit...
Month: September 2012
Fate of Affirmative Action Hangs on Fisher v. Univ. of Texas
New America Media Question & Answer By Khalil Abdullah Editor’s Note: On October 10 the U.S. Supreme Court will hear...
Religious Leaders unite in fight to restore water exemptions
 Unveil price tag on services they provide to city  By Chinta Strausberg More than three-dozen diverse religious leaders...
ICIRR to participate in largest National Immigration Integration Conference
Baltimore, MD — The largest national conference to bring together a cross-section of immigrant integration leaders and advocates, the National...
Lt. Governor Simon to students: Stop texting while driving
Simon signs “It Can Wait†pledge, urges students to consider dangers of texting  CARTERVILLE, IL – Illinois Lt. Governor Sheila...
New Orleans to host the First Unity Summit of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
With Special Guests Mr. Ben Jealous, The Williams Brothers and Mrs. Cynthia M.A. Butler-Mcintyre Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- The Christian Methodist...
New Web Series seeks to revolutionize African-American horror presence
Atlanta, GA (BlackNews.com) – Do the roll call on movie titles for the past eight decades and one genre will...
WVON’s former news director, Sharon K. McGhee, dead at 54
By Chinta Strausberg Pocketbook Monologues creator and former WVON talk show host Sharon K. McGhee has died at the age...
President Obama & U.S. Senator Kirk Statements on attacks in Libya and Egypt
President Obama remarks on the Deaths of U.S. Embassy Staff in Libya WASHINGTON, DC - President Barack Obama: Good morning. ...
New Photo ID Laws may impact key battleground states because of sharp decline in voter turnout among young minority voters
 Report released by the Black Youth Project says 16 competitive House Races likely impacted  WASHINGTON, DC - Election turnout...
