Gardner working quietly to get blacks hired but wants Mayor Emanuel to visit sites
By Chinta Strausberg  For those who have been asking what will retired business giant Ed Gardner do after holding...
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After we re-elect President Obama, then what?
(From the Institute of the Black World 21st Century) Â New York - Dr. Ron Daniels, political analyst, veteran social...
Alderman Brookins supports Gardner, vows to hold hearings on lack of jobs for blacks
By Chinta Strausberg  Referring to Ed Gardner’s rally for jobs held Sunday at 95th and Western, City Council Black...
Disenfranchisement News: 1 in 5 African Americans disenfranchised in Kentucky
(A Reprint from the Sentencing Project) Kentucky Disenfranchisement Laws Prevent 1 in 5 African-Americans from Voting  As part of...
State Senator Trotter denounces cuts in DCFS funding
Hearing set for Tuesday showdown By Chinta Strausberg  Illinois State Senator Donne Trotter (D-17th) Friday denounced the slashing of...
Registered Sex Offender sentenced to prison for child abduction
A suburban man with a history of preying on children was sentenced to four and half years in prison for...
Occupy Chicago declares victory after all charges from encampment attempts are dropped
(From Occupy Chicago)Â Â Cook County Judge Thomas Donnelly has dismissed all charges relating to Occupy Chicago's attempts at taking...
Chicago’s Essex Inn sign going Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness
 Chicago’s Essex Inn to partner with White Way Sign Company to install over 800 Pink Light Bulbs in the...
Hearing scheduled for closing of Dr. Carl Bell’s Mental Health Facility on Tuesday
By Chinta Strausberg  Majority Caucus Whip Senator Mattie Hunter, chairman of the Senate Human Services Committee, announced Thursday she...
Two black moms travel U.S. to empower parents
Million Parent Wake-up challenge coming to a community near you! Two Moms Travel the U.S. Empowering Parents to navigate their...
