African American teachers were 40% of layoffs yet comprise 29% of workforce   CHICAGO, IL – The Chicago Teachers...
  NBCI Investigating 35,000 Complaints  Washington DC - The National Black Church Initiative (NBCI), a coalition of 34,000 churches...
SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois Lt. Governor Sheila Simon commended state representatives on their 116-2 passage of House Joint Resolution 29 and...
Illinois Moves Closer to AP Equity and Excellence for Latino Students; Number of Latino graduates taking AP courses quadrupled over...
Guidelines and application materials are now available online for the Illinois Arts Council's Ethnic & Folk Arts Master Apprentice Program....
 By Chinta Strausberg  Newly elected Ald. Roderick Sawyer is seeking to restore a sense of community in Chatham...
Beyond Sport, the global organization that promotes, develops and funds the use of sport to create positive social change, is...
Recognizing that these are difficult times for many families and that unemployment rates in communities are at record highs, the...
         By Juanita Bratcher      Chicago Heights, IL -  Journalist Chinta Strausberg, a journalist of more than 33 years, a former...
With new voter ID laws and voting rights under attack, the 2012 State of Black America report, "Occupy the Vote...
