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 
Better Business Bureau alerts heavily promoted debt action plans may sink consumers instead of helping them stay afloat
(A Message from the Better Business Bureau)Â Chicago, IL - Offers to help consumers out of debt are extremely tempting...
Twelve “After-Five” Tours keep people in the Loop
Chicago Architecture Foundation Offers Late Walking Tours and Cruises  Chicago, IL – People meeting up after work can take in...
Black-owned construction firms file lawsuit against Laborers International Union #872
Las Vegas, NV (BlackNews.com) -- On Friday, April 8th 2011, multiple African American construction firms filed a lawsuit against Laborers...
Warehouse workers to file discrimination charges with EEOC against DB Schenker
Workers allege they are faced with swastikas, confederate flags sexual harassment, and a hostile work environment  Workers at the Kraft/Cadbury's warehouse in...
Obama to “carnival barkersâ€: “End the side shows†and get about the business of this nation
Releases longer version of birth certificate  By Chinta Strausberg  Amazed that network stations ran his press conference live...
Immigrant Rights Group to hold press conference today to announce May Day March in Chicago May 1st
Announcement will be made today, Thursday, April 28th, at the Haymarket Memorial, 175 N. Desplaines, (Corners of Desplaines St & Lake...
Housing Counseling Agencies forced to eliminate Jobs and assist fewer homeowners in foreclosure due to elimination of federal funding
(From Housing Action Illinois) Â Federally-funded housing counseling agencies in Illinois are reeling from the fiscal year 2011 budget deal...
I’m with Spike: “Madea’s Big Happy Family” is no laughing matter for intelligent black women
 By Yasmeen Muqtasid, Founder & President of Black Women Matter, Inc.  Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- At first I thought Spike...
TimeLine Theatre Company announces extension of Chicago Classic “The Front Page”, now playing through July 17
In response to strong ticket demand and with the initial 9-week run already substantially sold out, TimeLine Theatre Company announces...
Madigan moves to prevent flooding of Cairo
Attorney General Intervenes in Federal Case to Allow Army Corps Authority to Alleviate Rising River Waters in Southern Illinois Cape...