Former Mayor Calls for Accuracy in Water Crisis Narrative 
Chicago Park District Opens Summer Job Applications in Time for First of Four Teen Opportunity Fairs for Ages 13 & Up 
Marketplace With All Black-Owned Products Celebrates One Year in Business 
Two-Thirds of Black Consumers Pay More Attention to Ads That Reflect Their Culture 
Major George W. Ford Exhibit to Open During Black History Month at Temecula Valley Museum 
Lt. Gov. Simon: Federal grant expands Link access at farmers’ markets
 Illinois markets must apply by July 9 for free wireless Link, debit machines  CARBONDALE, IL – Up to...
Attorney Generals Madigan, Zoeller convene Inter-State Summit on Meth, Synthetic Drug Abuse
EVANSVILLE, IND – Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller convened an inter-state summit to tackle...
Cancer seminar in LA targets African-American community
CORI hosts health seminar on Cancer & the Family Los Angeles, CA (BlackNews.com) -- Statistics show a healthy family is...
Small Business Health Care Consortium Polls Small Business on the Affordable Care Act; releases results of Illinois health Care Polls of small businesses, and calls on Gov. Quinn to act no matter what the Supreme Court decides
ILLINOIS – The newly formed Small Business Health Care Consortium (SBHCC) announced the results of recent Illinois polls regarding the...
Better Business Bureau Free ‘Shred It & Forget It’ Event June 23
CHICAGO, IL - The Better Business Bureau serving Chicago and Northern Illinois, in conjunction with various government agencies, invites consumers...
Robert L. Johnson calls for new focus on wealth creation in the black community
Johnson Urges Race-Recognition Remedies to Address Wealth Gap during remarks at the Congressional Forum on the "Economic Empowerment in the...
Father Pfleger on Rodney King’s death: “America owes him a thank you’
By Chinta Strausberg  Reacting to the death of 47-year-old Rodney King who was found dead at the bottom of...
Author tells story of her granddaughter surviving five strokes, five seizures and three aneurysms
The fight to live told in new book Flower Mound, TX (BlackNews.com) -- Have you ever heard of a child...
Southern Illinois Democrats continue track record of closed door politics
Illinois Republican Party State Chairman Pat Brady issued the following statement regarding the ongoing lack of transparency in the replacement...
Job Fair at Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill in Rosemont, June 19-21
ROSEMONT, IL - Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill announced that it will be holding a job fair...