President Obama’s Weekly Address: Coming Together to Find Solutions
WASHINGTON, DC — In this week's address, President Obama acknowledged that the aftermath of tragedies like we've seen in Dallas,...
Year: 2016
Stevenson, Alabama, Police Chief Convicted of Civil Rights Offenses for Assaulting and Failing to Protect Arrestee
The Justice Department announced that a federal jury convicted the Chief of Police of Stevenson, Alabama, Daniel Winters, 56, of...
Lyrics to my Soul: Abuse Victim’s Raw, Soul-Spilling New Book Proves Boundless Healing Power of Music. Hailed “Very Inspirational” by Critics
Sheena Carter’s ‘Lyrics to my soul: Sometimes the Only Comfort the Soul Can Find is Through Music’ takes readers...
Treasurer Frerichs Returns Record-Setting $155 Million Through I-Cash Program
Average Return $2,900; One Estate Bequeathed $1.5 Million SPRINGFIELD, IL – The state treasurer’s office returned a record-setting $155...
Our Schools Remain Separate and Unequal
By Marc H. Morial President & CEO, National Urban League Every Student Succeeds When Schools Are Funded Fairly More...
President Obama: “… I Condemn in the Strongest Terms What Appears to be a Horrific Terrorist Attack in Nice, France…”
80 People dead in terrorist attack in Nice, France, dozens injured Statements by President Barack Obama, Attorney General Loretta...
Court Orders Release of Police Misconduct Records
In Chicago and around the country, protests continued this weekend following the police killings of Alton Sterling in Baton...
Attorney General Madigan Announces Additional $3 Million Herbalife Settlement
Madigan Announces Additional $3 Million in Restitution for Illinois on Top of Federal Trade Commission’s $200 Million Nationwide Settlement ...
Directing Dollars Seen As a Way To Protest Recent Shootings; Thousands Make Deposits in Black-owned Banks
By Michael Grant, President, National Bankers Association Reacting to the most recent wave of shootings of Black...
New Black History Bowtie Design Celebrates Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, and Rosa Parks
Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- The African American civil rights movement can now be celebrated in style with the release of a...
