BYP100: Defeat of Cook County State’s Attorney Alvarez Was a Victory Won by Sacrifices of Young Black, Queer and Femme Organizers
BYP100 statement on defeat of Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez CHICAGO, IL – "Political freedom has been...
Day: March 17, 2016
Kirk, Manchin, Collins Introduce Bill to Speed Development of Regenerative Medicine
REGROW Act Accelerates New Therapies to Help Patients Living with Disease Stem Cell Therapies Help Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Sickle Cell...
Illinois School Finances Show Improvement on Latest Financial Profile Report
ISBE analysis shows fewer districts earned lowest financial rating; without full funding, more are expected to deficit spend in current...
Pennsylvania Man Charged with Hacking Apple and Google E-Mail Accounts Belonging to More Than 100 People, Mostly Celebrities
LOS ANGELES – A Pennsylvania man was charged with felony computer hacking related to a phishing scheme that gave him...
National Urban League President Urges Swift Senate Action on Scotus Nominee Garland
NEW YORK - National Urban League President Marc H. Morial congratulated Merrick Garland, Chief Judge of the District of...
Soul Music Legend Charles Wright New Autobiography, “Up From Where We’ve Come”, Garners Rave Reviews
A revised article Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- Among the most profound new literary entries to be released in 2016 is...
Black Churches Engage in Winning the Fight Against Prostate Cancer
PHEN Credits Churches with Progress in Recent Prostate Cancer Death Decline Boston, MA (BlackNews.com) -- The Prostate Health Education Network...
Innovative Web Series on Filming Police and Civil Liberties “Rights Lab” to Premiere Latest Episode
Civil rights web series ‘Rights Lab’ by Scrappers Film Group and Truthout.org will screen at Music Box on March...
NAACP Statement on the Nomination of Chief Judge Garland to the US Supreme Court
BALTIMORE, MD – NAACP President and CEO Cornell William Brooks today released the following statement after President Barack Obama’s announcement...
75th Anniversary of the Tuskegee Airmen (“The Red Tails”) Begins With the Release of an Important Documentary Film
Nationwide -- Honoring the 75th Anniversary of the first African-American fighter pilots in American history, a multiple award-winning documentary called...
