The Better Business Bureau warns consumers of free cruise scams
 Chicago, IL -  When the bitter cold and snow eventually arrive our thoughts will turn to escaping to a...
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Activists receive permit to protest NATO/G8, but serious issues remain
(From the Coalition Against the NATO and G8 War & Poverty Agenda) Â *Â Permit and cover letter from City...
Atty. General Madigan: 2011 consumer complaints show debt collectors using illegal, abusive tactics
Chicago, IL — Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan released her list of the top 10 consumer complaints for 2011, revealing...
Dr. King’s daughter: “Exchange your Piece for His Peace’
 King says her father was a “peacemaker† By Chinta Strausberg  Following in her father’s footsteps, Elder Bernice A....
Better Business Bureau's Ten New Year's Resolutions for a Consumer-Savvy 2012
  Chicago, IL - The New Year has arrived and it's more important than ever to resolve to be...
Tony Rose, Publisher/CEO, Amber Communications Group, Inc., selected to be a member of the 2012 43rd NAACP Image Awards Literary Sub-Committee for Instructional Literature
Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- Tony Rose, Publisher/CEO, of Phoenix, AZ based, Amber Communications Group, Inc. The nation's largest African American Book...
Illinois Secretary of State Offices closed Monday for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White announced that all Driver Services facilities and offices open Monday through Friday will be...
Topinka to Bond Holders: Illinois in no danger of missing payments
Illinois Comptroller responds to Moody’s announcement  Springfield, IL – Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka released the following statement in...
Ida B. Wells’ great-grandson carries on her social justice work
Dan Duster ‘I’m led by the spirit of my ancestors’  By Chinta Strausberg  Known as “The Influence Man,â€...
Presidential Library’s popular “Boys in Blue†Civil War exhibit features all new images and artifacts
Original battle flag, U.S. Colored Troop regiments and units raised from 1862 onward are part of the new exhibit that...
