State of Equality and Justice in America: 50th Anniversary of Medgar Evers’ Assassination Reminds Us of Civil Rights Work That Remains
The 18th op-ed of a 20-part series   Opportunity for Young Activists to Address Unmet Needs By Barbara R....
Day: June 17, 2013
Rev. Jesse Jackson is the main speaker today at White House protest on Anniversary of the War on Drugs
Day of Direct Action Amidst growing disaffection in some quarters of Black America with President Obama's failure to directly address...
Moral Mondays: A Model Grassroots Movement
By Benjamin Todd Jealous President/CEO of the NAACPÂ On April 29, seventeen dedicated activists were arrested for civil disobedience at...
Torture cop called to testify in Serrano-Montanez hearing for a new trial Monday
(From the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression)  Armando Serrano  and Jose Montanez will have a hearing on...
The New ‘Realities’ Dictate a New Direction
 By William Spriggs  This week, the Center for American Progress (CAP), a think-tank closely associated with President Obama's...
Father Michael Pfleger: “We got a war going on out there’
Needs ‘boots on the ground’ to combat violence   By Chinta Strausberg  Beginning with the elders and referring to...
IT internships for low income young adults
National program offers Information Technology Internships (and jobs) to low income young adults Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- Year Up is a...
Five decades later, the Moynihan Report still holds revelations about black families and fathers
 "The Moynihan Report Revisited" Set to Release by the Open Society Foundations Campaign for Black Male Achievement, Fathers Incorporated and...
Amy Herzog’s edgy thriller, Belleville, brings Parisian flare to Steppenwolf Theatre Company this summer
Anne Kauffman directs Ensemble Members Alana Arenas and Kate Arrington with Chris Boykin and Cliff Chamberlain, June 27 – August 25,...
Free Angela and all Political Prisoners arrives on DVD, Digital Download and Video on Demand August 20th
  Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- A gripping historic account of the tumultuous events that befell African American activist, writer and...
