I’m with Spike: “Madea’s Big Happy Family” is no laughing matter for intelligent black women
 By Yasmeen Muqtasid, Founder & President of Black Women Matter, Inc.  Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- At first I thought Spike...
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Blue Island man charged in murders of three young women
A Blue Island man was charged with the murders of three young women over the course of one year's time...
Elimination of Housing Counseling Funds is a potential disaster
From the Newsletter of Marc H. Morial, President & CEO of the National Urban League, April 19, 2011 Â The...
Protess calls for Independent and Public Review of the Medill Innocence Project
 EXCLUSIVE  David Protess, Professor of Journalism at Northwestern University and President of the fledgling Chicago Innocence Project, called...
Jenny Bacon and Mark L. Montgomery are romantic leads in Sarah Ruhl’s Stage Kiss, an off-beat fairytale about love on the stage and off
Jessica Thebus directs this World-Premiere Goodman Commission, April 30 – June 5  Chicago, IL - Romance —or Showmance? Goodman...
2011 St. Patrick’s Day Queen visits State’s Attorney
Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez welcomed 2011 St. Patrick’s Day Queen Sarah Gorecki and the Queen’s Court to her...
A small group of major corporations commit $500,000 to help churches in nine U.S. cities
 National Church Purchasing Group, Inc, the Nation's Largest Ministry Group Purchasing Organization Has Partnered With Ricoh Global And Several Other...
Saint Sabina Academy celebrated Black History in living color
By Chinta Strausberg Scores of enthusiastic mostly Saint Sabina Academy students recently played the roles of civil rights heroes like...
Veteran Cook County Prosecutor to Chair Statewide Child Support Advisory Committee
The Illinois Department of Healthcare & Family Services recently named Zeophus (Zee) Williams to chair the 2011 Illinois Child Support...
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart to highlight Better Business Bureau 84th Annual Dinner on March 1
CHICAGO, IL February 22, 2011 - Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart will be the featured speaker at the 84th Annual...
