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 
Leaders come together to forge plans for revitalization
Leadership Institute Tackles Abandonment of Properties  CAMBRIDGE, MA – With foreclosures and job loss impacting cities once considered stable...
Cornel West endorses a new blog site targeting millennials: FWDnation.com
FWDnation.com is the online content aggregator and blog for the millennial generation Los Angeles, CA (BlackNews.com) – The 2008 election...
The Institute of the Black World 21st Century commemorates the 4oth Anniversary of the 1972 National Black Political Convention
 The Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW), a research, policy and advocacy organization, will hold a national symposium,...
U.S. Congressman Elijah Cummings is keynote speaker at Howard University’s Health Care Symposium in Washington, D.C.
U.S. Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) will give the keynote address on disparities in U.S. healthcare at Howard University’s one-day Symposium...
Minority Biomedical Entrepreneurship Conference to convene in Cleveland, OH May 21-22
First-In-Nation Conference Addresses Underrepresented Innovators   CLEVELAND, OH - The nation's first Minority Biomedical Entrepreneurship Conference (MBEC) will convene...
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® Unites with National Pan-Hellenic Council to Fight Pediatric Cancer, Sickle Cell Disease
NPHC taps its membership for 30-day fundraising challenge  MEMPHIS, TN - The National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) is uniting with...
2012 Primary Election Overview
(From the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners) Â The March 20, 2012 Primary Election will nominate candidates to a variety...
State’s Attorney’s Office announces Election Day hotline
The Cook County State's Attorney's Office has designated nearly two hundred prosecutors to respond to complaints at polling places today,...
Illinois Attorney General assigns teams to monitor Illinois Primary Election
CHICAGO, IL — Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced that more than 160 teams of assistant attorneys general and investigators from...
U.S. Congressman Rush fires up Election Day workers and voters
Urges them to come out in huge numbers on Tuesday  By Chinta Strausberg  U.S. Rep. Bobby L. Rush...