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 
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...
Scholarships available for MB Financial Bank Bike the Drive
Scholarships are available to non-profit organizations and community groups serving youths 17 years of age and under who otherwise would...
Topinka: Illinois on pace to end Budget Year $8 billion in red
Comptroller warns of backlog, unaddressed obligations  Chicago, IL  – Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka on Wednesday announced that the...
Trump employing “Birther” issue as a weapon of mass distraction
Marc H. Morial, President and CEO, National Urban League  “You can fool some of the people all of the...