NAACP official resigns over fallout from honoring Clippers Donald Sterling
Los Angeles NAACP President Leon Jenkins rescinded the award honoring Clippers Sterling after a racially-charged tape was released by TMZ...
Month: May 2014
$12 Million Dollar Whistleblower Settlement Spotlights Rampant Cheating in Chicago’s Minority Set Aside Programs
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Construction Giant McHugh Used Sham Subcontractors to Funnel Money Away from...
Kirk, Rubio Call on Kerry to Publicly Reaffirm Conditions on U.S. Aid to the Palestinian Authority
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) today called on Secretary of State John Kerry...
African Americans on list of top 100 Greatest Americans
TOP AMERICANS OF ALL TIME NAMED Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Nationwide (BlackNews.com) – African Americans,...
$26.3 Million Recovered from Unemployment Fraud Brings Program’s Three-Year Total to $120 Million
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Integrity effort protects workers and employers CHICAGO, IL – Illinois so...
President Obama Nominates Judge Pamela Pepper to Serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
WASHINGTON, DC – President Barack Obama nominated Judge Pamela Pepper to serve on the United States District Court for the...
Hispanic College Enrollment Up, But Not By Enough
New America Media By Irene Florez Recent data show that nationwide Hispanic/Latino and Chicano college admissions are on the rise,...
Major sponsorship announcement will bolster Divvy’s success
Support from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois is one more sign that bike sharing has come of age...
Twin Brothers Launch New Online Hip Hop College
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Inkster, MI (BlackNews.com) -- Twin brothers, Antoine and Santoine Jackson have...
Community activist and labor organizer announces independent bid for 25th Ward Aldermanic seat
Letters to Editors “Solis has sold our communities out for too long,†says community activist Jorge Mújica in announcing independent...
