Singer Joe to Headline 6th Annual Star 94.5 Heart & Soul Music Festival 
Helmet Technology by Black Inventor and Ex-Football Player Among Those Recognized at NFL Symposium 
Vivica A. Fox Stars in and Produces the New LMN Thriller “The Wrong Housemaid” 
Three Women Fighting to Preserve an Important Slavery Exhibit in Philadelphia 
63-Year-Old Black Athlete/ Track Star is Running Faster Than She Did in Her 50s 
Better Business Bureau tips to ensure mom gets her flowers for Mother’s Day as complaints rise 60%
(A Message from the Better Business Bureau) CHICAGO, IL- Ordering Mother's Day flower arrangements leads to one of the busiest...
City College students and community leaders to challenge new district policies
Will hold Press Conference/Protest Friday, May 6, 10:00 a.m., at City Hall, 5th Floor Mayor’s Office Students, faculty, and community...
Only 12 Days in Springfield: Another broken promise by Quinn
Governor needs to be in State Capitol more Illinois Republican Party Chairman Pat Brady called on Governor Pat Quinn to...
Journalists’ appeal to Iran on World Press Freedom Day to release Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal
(From New America Media) On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day we call on the government and judicial authorities...
Man sentenced to Natural Life for the murders of five family members
A man who pled guilty to murdering five of his family members, while they slept, in a brutal attack at...
Attorney General Madigan announces $90.8 million settlement with UBS
Illinois Municipalities, Agencies and Nonprofits Awarded $3 Million Over Bank’s come out before or after Mrs. Cora? What times the...
What You Need to Know About the State of Urban Jobs!
(Reprint From the National Urban League’s Monthly Employment Report 2011) NUL’s State of Urban Jobs site at iamempowered.com gives you...
California Acupuncture Bill, aimed at “protecting” Chinese culture, has Koreans irked
(From New America Media) By Aruna Lee and Summer Chiang State Sen. Leland Yee, who earlier this year stirred up...
Soft on Terrorism? Bin Laden kill shatters another Obama myth
(From New America Media) By Earl Ofari Hutchinson During the 2008 presidential election campaign, the GOP plan of attack on then-candidate...
Corporate Board Census shows significant decline in seats held by African Americans
                            Blacks, women and other minorities remain seriously underrepresented   Washington, DC - A corporate board census released May 2,...