CTA Awards second contract for Red Line South Reconstruction
 $43.8 million contract for station improvements meets goals for DBE participation, includes local firms CHICAGO, IL - The Chicago...
Month: November 2012
Attorney General Madigan, Equip for Equality to honor advocacy work for people with disabilities
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan will join with Zena Naiditch, President & CEO of Chicago’s Equip for Equality at its...
“Arrested Justice: Black Women, Violence, and America’s Prison Nation” Saturday, December 1, 2012
 The Illinois Humanities Council will sponsor a conversation with author and activist Beth E. Richie and a panel of local...
Interfaith Coalition to Restore the Water Fee Exemption, prays for relief
Asks Council to do right thing by religious community By Chinta Strausberg  CHICAGO, IL - Today is the full...
First African American female-owned TV/Film Studio and Post Production Facility opens in Georgia
Open Rivers Pictures, Inc. launches Open Rivers Studios, a 16,000 sq. ft. facility in Fayetteville, Georgia  Atlanta, GA (BlackNews.com) --...
Universal MazJac Enterprises, Inc. celebrates 10-year anniversary as the premier urban marketing partner of Feld Entertainment
CHICAGO, IL –Universal MazJac Enterprises, Inc., a subsidiary of Compass Public Affairs, celebrates their 10 year anniversary as the premier...
Black leaders to discuss impact of election on Black America
 Town Hall Meeting to kick-off State of the Black World Conference III  WASHINGTON, D.C. -  Black leaders, activists...
Federal housing programs fail to place minority and low-income families near high quality schools
New Study Finds Affordable Housing Located Near Low Performing, High Poverty Schools  WASHINGTON, DC - Across the country, tenants...
Irregularities Cast Pall Over Arpaio Election Win
New America Media By Valeria Fernandez PHOENIX – After moving to the Phoenix area, the Bustamante family made sure to...
Blacks and Hispanics lost $1 trillion in Home Equity
(A Reprint from Louisiana Weekly)Â Among the 10.9 million homes that went into foreclosure between 2007 and 2011, more than...
