Website, lowincome.org, aims to help government employees facing furlough
 Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- In response to recent reports of up to 800,000 government employees facing furlough due to a...
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Re-writing history with Lincoln’s own pen
 Presidential Library and Museum to receive golden gift April 15   Springfield, IL – The 14-karat-gold combination pen/pencil from...
The State of Black America: Washington Are you Listening?
Marc H. Morial, President & CEO, National Urban League  “Welcome to America in the second decade of the 21st...
Martin Luther King, III challenges Americans to unite and fight for worker’s rights
“Stop making my father an idol, rather embrace his ideals†  By Chinta Strausberg  Reflecting on the 43rd...
NNPA to champion pardon for Wilmington Ten
(From New America Media)  By Khalil Abdullah  Editor's note: The Wilmington Ten were a group of civil rights...
HUD awards nearly $54 million to help low-income families receive job training, employment
Washington, DC (BlackNews.com) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan has announced that public housing agencies across the...
Illinois’ hometown heroes during the Civil War
The stories of Illinois’ Medal of Honor recipients from 1861 – 1865 offered during Civil War 150th anniversary    The...
The Sentencing Project calls for an overhaul of the criminal justice system
 Blames government for high recidivism rate  By Chinta Strausberg  Calling for a complete overhaul of the U.S....
New study estimates $21.3 billion food budget shortfall for Americans at risk of hunger
 Over one third of Counties with both the highest food insecurity and food costs are majority African American  Chicago,...
Topinka applauds Senate passage of Fiscal Office Consolidation
Combining offices would save an estimated $12 million annually  Springfield, IL – Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka on Thursday released...
