Vivica A. Fox Stars in and Produces the New LMN Thriller “The Wrong Housemaid” 
Three Women Fighting to Preserve an Important Slavery Exhibit in Philadelphia 
63-Year-Old Black Athlete/ Track Star is Running Faster Than She Did in Her 50s 
14-Year-Old Black CEO Launches Youth Entrepreneurship Summit and $10K Pitch Competition 
Founder Rejects $15K Offer for Breakthrough Patent-Pending Software 
Attorney General Madigan: Illinois House passes Debtors’ Right Act
Bill would ban practice of sending debtors to prison when they cannot afford to pay  SPRINGFIELD< IL – Illinois Attorney...
Alabama’s HB56 forces women to make an impossible choice
By Elena Shore New America Media  Fourteen-year-old Jocelyn wants to be the first person in her family to graduate....
Orrin Hudson to deliver special presentation at 6th Annual Black Male Summit in Akron, Ohio
The summit will be held at the University of Akron, April 13-14, and other speakers include Dr. Randal Pinkett, Pastor...
Barclays Spaces for Sports extends global partnership with Beyond Sport
Barclays Spaces for Sports, a community-based sports programme which uses sport as a platform to help young people develop life...
Economic Empowerment Tour continues to help communities across America
-The Optimum Institute of Economic Empowerment (OIEE) partners with George Soros Open Society Institute to Produce the "Less Talk... More...
Moms of men in Tamms Supermax stand up to AFSCME
Action to close Tamms: “I am a mom†and “I am a man  Saying they support Governor Pat Quinn’s...
Parents: The missing engine behind school reform
By Khalil Abdullah New America Media A series of first-ever forums brought front line education reformers and community media representatives...
Quick tips for hiring a home contractor – Know the red flags
 (From the Better Business Bureau)   CHICAGO, IL - Whether you are looking to have your home windows...
Madigan announces charges in Chicago Identity Theft Schemes
CHICAGO, IL – Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced charges against six Chicago area people for criminal identity theft enterprises that...
U.S. Congressman Bobby L. Rush issues statement on the passing of Rev. Dr. Addie Wyatt, Labor and Civil Rights Leader
Says “Rev. Wyatt, along with her late husband, the Rev. Claude Wyatt, played an important role in my development† ...