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 
Kirk leads letter to fund Yucca Mountain Nuclear Storage Facility
 Funding would end block on Yucca as permanent repository of nuclear waste  31 Senators urge Yucca usage  Washington,...
ISBE proposes new rules including student growth to evaluate teachers/principals
Draft rules result of months of extensive professional advice and public feedback  Springfield, IL — The Illinois State Board...
New Philharmonic presents “Viennese Pops New Year’s Eve With An International Twist†at the McAninch Arts Center in Glen Ellyn, Dec. 31
 Glen Ellyn, IL - Champagne corks will pop on Saturday, Dec. 31, when New Philharmonic and Music Director and...
Mother of missing 13-year-old vows never to give up looking for her child
By Chinta Strausberg  Cherry Beasley, the mother of Lucille Beasley-Brown, 13, said she is continuing to look high and...
Distraught mother of 10 pleas for return of 13-year-old daughter
 By Chinta Strausberg   A mother of 10, Cherry Beasley, whose 13-year-old daughter, Lucille Beasley-Brown, has been missing since November...
Waukegan Native joins ISBE as Assistant Superintendent for the Center for Language and Early Childhood Development
Reyna Hernandez to help ISBE increase family and community engagement efforts  Springfield, IL – The Illinois State Board of...
Travel and Internship opportunity for Black college students
 Unilever Diversity Leadership Conference extends deadline to Monday, November 21st  Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- Unilever is offering an excellent...
African-American Middle-School Age Brothers and Young Authors among talented guests at 2011 Savannah’s Children’s Book Festival Savannah, GA
Bookcover and authors, Miles and William Rabun  (BlackNews.com) -- The 2011 Savannah Children's Book Festival is set for this...
Regina Taylor announces casting for the 10th Anniversary Production of Crowns
E. Faye Butler, Felicia Fields and newcomer Jasondra Johnson join the cast of the most produced musical in the country,...
Kirk Amendment would impose crippling sanctions on the Central Bank of Iran
92 Senators urged President to impose sanctions on Iran’s Central Bank in August; Foreign financial institutions conducting transactions through Central...