Former Commissioner Shaw Drops Out of Mayor’s Race, Backs Dr. Willie Wilson
Shaw withdraws from mayor’s race, backs Dr. Willie Wilson Calls for consensus candidate By Chinta Strausberg Flanked by dozens of...
Month: December 2014
State Senator Raoul: No More Pensions for Felons
Raoul: “It’s unconscionable that Jon Burge is receiving a pension†New law helps block those who commit felonies connected to...
Second Vigil Against Street Violence and Police Violence
Another Look at For Our Fallen: Honoring Victims of Violence in Chicago & Standing Against Police Brutality The For Our...
Fioretti Reminds Candidates of Mayoral Debates in Letter
CHICAGO, IL - Mayoral candidate Bob Fioretti sent the below letter to candidates for Chicago mayor to remind them of...
As NNPA Prepares for 75th Anniversary: President Envisions Black Press as ‘Main Stream’
By Hazel Trice Edney (TriceEdneyWire.com) - Civil rights leader Benjamin Chavis, now president of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, says...
2015 Bill Gates Scholarship Program to Give $20k Scholarships to Minority Students
The deadline to apply is January 15, 2015 Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- The Gates Millennium Scholars Program (also known as the...
Internationally-Renowned Weight Loss Expert Launches 30-Day Challenge to Help Women get Their Sexy Back!
Nationwide -- #1 NY Times Best-selling author of the 10-Day Green Smoothie Cleanse, JJ Smith, wants others to join her...
Orbert Davis’ Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Celebrates NEA Jazz Master Gunther Schuller and Third Stream Music Feb. 6 Featuring a World Premiere Commission by Daniel Schnyder
The Chicago Jazz Philharmonic (CJP), under the direction of Artistic Director Orbert Davis, presents “The Godfather of Third Stream: Gunther...
Illinois to Experience Sixth Straight Year with Fewer than 1,000 Motor Vehicle Fatalities
Motorists Should Expect Increased Enforcement; Police to Crack Down on Drunk and Unbuckled Drivers for New Year’s Holiday CHICAGO, IL...
By Popular Demand, New Philharmonic Presents Three New Year’s Eve Pops Performances Dec. 31
Guest Tenor John Irvin of Lyric Opera’s Ryan Opera Center Featured GLEN ELLYN, IL – By popular demand, New Philharmonic...
