New Student-Run Cooperative opens in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood using high-tech manufacturing
 Youth aim to create jobs, revitalize community  CHICAGO, IL - Four African-American high school students at the Austin...
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Simon: Reservation deadline approaching for Belleville listening post
 Defense and Local Community listening post to hear from southwestern Illinois residents  SPRINGFIELD, IL – The deadline to...
Quad Communities Development Corporation Celebrates 10 Years
 Co-founder and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle to keynote ceremony  Ten years ago, then-Alderman Toni Preckwinkle realized...
Saint Sabina’s ‘Purpose Over Pain’ bonds with grieving moms on Mother’s Day
 By Chinta Strausberg  In remembrance of Mother’s Day, members of the Purpose Over Pain group Sunday helda press...
National Black Church Initiative identifies race as the culprit for Cleveland Four sluggish rescue
 Racial Indifference Prompted Poor Police Work  Washington DC - The National Black Church Initiative (NBCI), a coalition of...
Coalition demands that Attorney General Holder drop persecution of Asata Shakur and go after police and vigilantes who terrorize African American and Latino communities
 Open Letter to Attorney General Eric Holder  In a letter sent to U. S. Attorney Eric H. Holder,...
African American businessmen launch first of five stores in the black community
 ‘We want to control our own money’  By Chinta Strausberg  Following his dream, Harold Davis, president of...
Former Postal worker convicted in rape case
A former postal worker who has been charged in five sexual assault cases has been found guilty of the 2006...
Bridal Shop inquiries to Better Business Bureau up 12% as Summer Wedding Season begins
 (From the Better Business Bureau)                                                                                                                                                         CHICAGO, IL - Wedding season is just around the corner. When...
Lt. Governor Simon encourages Senate passage of tightly-regulated medical marijuana legislation
 Says strong controls, restrictions provide necessary safeguards  SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois Lt. Governor Sheila Simon announced her support...
