Celebrity Red Carpet Correspondent Covers Carolina Soul Music Awards 
Dessert Food Truck Owner Launches 2026 Scholarship Program 
Lead Singer on Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues Experience National Tour 
Hollywood Star Helps Launch National Self-Defense Movement for Women and Girls 
Woman Helping Veterans Transition into High-Impact Careers 
Illinois Secretary of State Offices closed Monday for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White announced that all Driver Services facilities and offices open Monday through Friday will be...
Topinka to Bond Holders: Illinois in no danger of missing payments
Illinois Comptroller responds to Moody’s announcement  Springfield, IL – Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka released the following statement in...
Ida B. Wells’ great-grandson carries on her social justice work
Dan Duster ‘I’m led by the spirit of my ancestors’  By Chinta Strausberg  Known as “The Influence Man,â€...
Presidential Library’s popular “Boys in Blue†Civil War exhibit features all new images and artifacts
Original battle flag, U.S. Colored Troop regiments and units raised from 1862 onward are part of the new exhibit that...
Successful Pro Basketball Team Exec shares "Three questions to ask yourself before you make one more New Year's Resolution"
 Atlanta, GA (BlackNews.com) -- As millions of people are making New Year's resolutions, just as many are wondering if...
Turning fifty, African American, and laid off for the 4th time – Author, Career Coach, and now job seeker shares critical tips for moving forward in 2012
 Bear, DE (BlackNews.com) -- Yusuf Wilson, 20 year financial services executive, author, and career coach shares advice about overcoming...
ICIRR praises White House action to keep families together
(From the ICIRR)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Family Unity Waiver would simplify process for close relatives of U.S. Citizens to gain legal status...
Prosecutors secure 20-year sentence in attempted Lakeshore sex assault
Prosecutors from the Cook County State’s Attorney’s North Side Community Justice have obtained a guilty plea for a Chicago man...
Better Business Bureau's Top Ten Scams of 2011
  Chicago, IL - Topping the list of scam activity is work-at-home schemes that account for over 45-percent of...
Vachel Lindsay Home to host Early African American Cinema Series January – March
Features silent and sound movies from the 1920s; Lindsay was one of the nation’s first film critics  Springfield, IL...