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 
Alabama’s First Black Woman-Founded College Expands 
Giving transit riders in Chicagoland a stronger voice
New Riders for Better Transit campaign fights for funding and transit service improvements  Chicago, IL - As transit agencies...
Where Hawaiians stand on race relations: Living the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
 By Tammie Lang Campbell Founder/Executive Director of Honey Brown Hope Foundation  "The ultimate measure of a man is not...
Rev. Medgar L. Reid named to new position for Baltimore City Branch NAACP
Rev. Medgar Reid  Baltimore, MD (BlackNews.com) -- The Baltimore City Branch of The NAACP has named Rev. Medgar L....
Illinois GOP selects Tinley Park as 2012 State Convention Site
Chicago, IL – The Illinois Republican Party has selected the Tinley Park Convention Center for the location for the 2012 State...
Lt. Governor Simon to lead Classrooms First Commission
 Team to study ways to cut bureaucracy, improve student opportunities  Chicago, IL – Lt. Governor Sheila Simon will...
Harvard Law School Attorney turns social extrepreneur to help teen girls
Raye Mitchell Hosts G.U.R.L.S. Rock(TM) 2011 Leadership Summit for Girls 12 to18 - Celebrating the Global Importance of Girls of...
89,240 jobs lost since the 66% Tax Hike…and counting
(News from the Illinois GOP)                                                   Latest business to leave Illinois because of tax hike won’t be the last   ...
A special end of summer double feature: A Songwriters Workshop featuring Vinx, and Kevin Coval in concert
 Event takes place Sunday, August 28th, at the Historic Lakeside Inn, Lakeside, Michigan   ~part one~  "Discover the Artist Within"...
Martin Luther King, Jr., Shaping our Hopeful Future: A Reflection on a Lasting Legacy
 By A. Barry Rand, CEO, AARP                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  "Take the first step in faith," Martin Luther King, Jr. told us. ...
“My Fellow Americanâ€: An Online Film and Social Media Project urge concerned Americans to pledge and spread a message that Muslims are fellow Americans
Their stories vary.  But many times they have something in common: They’ve been harassed or humiliated because they’re Muslim. In...