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 
Consumer Alert: State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez urges consumers to be on alert for “Storm Chasers”
Severe storms in the Chicago area can prompt many homeowners to search for a contractor to repair wind and water...
State’s Attorney sues out-of-state “Storm Chaser” construction company
Alvarez issues consumer alert urging consumers to be on guard for Storm Damage scams  The Cook County State's Attorney's...
Clues to why “They” All Look Alike
(Northwestern University News)  New research sheds light on the well-documented “other-race effect† EVANSTON, IL -  Northwestern University researchers have...
Illinois awards nearly $75 million for school improvement
Federal funds to go toward 13 low-performing schools in six districts  Springfield, IL – The Illinois State Board of Education...
The Cornel West Theory releases new LP, July 19th
 Washington, DC-based band teams with Princeton Professor, Dr. Cornel West  The Cornel West theory: (bottom left) Rashad Dobbins,...
Weigh the pros and cons of tech buy-back offers: Better Business Bureau advises
Chicago, IL - Today's technology is constantly being updated with models showcasing newer, faster features. To keep up with the...
Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins calls on African Americans to step up and donate marrow
National awareness campaign highlights need for more bone marrow donors during July's African American Bone Marrow Awareness Month  Minneapolis,...
Newly elected African American Mayors bolster the war on unemployment
To Be Equal#26  By Marc H. Morial, President and CEO National Urban League  “The arc of the moral universe...
U.S. Senator Kirk to call for details of ‘Stealth Survey’ to spy on physicians
Circulates Letter to HHS Among Senate Colleagues  Washington, DC - In response to a New York Times Article entitled,...
Black migration changes the political landscape in many states
America's Wire By Nadra Kareem Nittle  Los Angeles, CA (BlackNews.com) -- African-Americans once were clustered so heavily in urban...