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 
Topinka opens the ledger for taxpayer inspection
 Initiative delivers unprecedented fiscal information  CHICAGO, IL – Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka unveiled The Ledger, a comprehensive...
The Ruckus Theater announces casting for world Premiere of “Common Hatred”
Through an exploration of Anton Chekhov's work, six actors search for a personal Moscow in the Premiere of Common Hatred...
portoluz marks Woody Guthrie centennial with star-studded concert
  Tom Morello headlines celebratory concert - cultural capstone of G8/NATO summit week   The non-profit arts organization...
Black authors collab to write “what happens in the music industry…” stays in the industry!
 New Book "Room 111" says what happens in the industry, stays in the industry!  "Room 111" is based...
Rev. Wyatt ‘A Woman of God, quiet but walked with big stick’
Congressman Rush: ‘Wyatt was our International Woman’  By Chinta Strausberg  A number of people who attended Saturday’s funeral...
National Black Church Initiative supports Empowerment Temple’s Online Voter Registration effort to register 1 million voters on Easter Sunday
Washington, D.C.- The National Black Church Initiative declares its support for Pastor Jamal Bryant's Empowerment Temple's movement to register 1...
PAC+ Launches the New American Majority PAC 3-21-12
PAC+, a new national network of leaders focused on democratizing money and politics to give voice to America's New Majority,...
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center welcomes Rev. Jesse Jackson to Memphis Campus
Memphis, TN (BlackNews.com) -- Chancellor Steve J. Schwab, MD, senior-level administrators and students at the University of Tennessee Health Science...
Jazz on a Summer’s Day returns to the Lakeside Inn
Monthly concert series showcases roster of international virtuoso musicians On Sunday May 27, the non-profit arts organization portoluz will kick...
School districts cutting staffs and borrowing to balance budgets as economic woes continue
ISBE using revised data to avoid penalizing districts for late state payments  SPRINGFIELD, IL — The Illinois State Board of...