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 
Richmond Free Press makes racial breakthrough in Virginia Supreme Court
By Jeremy M. Lazarus  (TriceEdneyWire.com) - Richmond Free Press photographer Sandra Sellars made history when she covered the historic...
Madigan: Ban use of phone numbers as credit cards
 Illinois Attorney General urges FCC to outlaw cramming practice that costs consumers $2 billion a year    ...
Farrakhan to speak on death of Libya's Muammar Gadhafi on WVON-AM today
 Today (October 25), the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, of the Nation of Islam, is scheduled to discuss the recent...
Lt. Gov. Simon hosts Classrooms First hearing in Central Illinois
 Local technology director to discuss potential cost-savings of IlliniCloud  Normal, IL – Illinois Lt. Governor Sheila Simon’s Classrooms First...
Nationally Syndicated Radio Host Michael Baisden puts his money where his mouth is
  Baisden is investing in small businesses with "Million Dollar Business Pitch" Campaign  Dallas - Radio personality, best-selling author,...
More funding needed for powerful documentary serving as the catalyst to repair the black family
 New York, NY (BlackNews.com) -- A new television documentary will tackle the issue of broken families in Black communities...
Bay Area Rapper, Celly Cel, set to release Street-Lit Novel Nov. 8th
 Bookcover and author Celly Cel Vallejo, CA (BlackNews.com) -- Bay Area rapper, Celly Cel, blazed on the scene in...
ISBE names sixth-grade teacher from Naperville as the 2012 Illinois Teacher of the Year
Josh Stumpenhorst teaches language arts and social science at Lincoln Junior High School in District 203  Bloomington, IL –...
State's Attorney Alvarez recognizes Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez (second from left) presented awards to law enforcement and community partners for their outstanding...
Black business group seeks more members to rebuild community
 By Chinta Strausberg  WE CAN, Inc, a coalition of business and community professionals, has formed an organization to...