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 
The State of Black America: Washington Are you Listening?
Marc H. Morial, President & CEO, National Urban League  “Welcome to America in the second decade of the 21st...
Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) announces grant competition
By Dante Lee   Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- If you ever wanted to open an entrepreneurship center for minority business owners,...
Steve Harvey and CNN profile Master Motivator and Mentor Orrin Hudson
Orrin Hudson pictured with comedian Steve Harvey at Harvey's annual Mentoring Weekend For Young Men in Los Angeles   Atlanta,...
Apprentice winner congratulates and shares business insights with the MillerCoors Urban Entrepreneurs Series winners
 Chicago, IL - Randal Pinkett, a Longtime MillerCoors and MillerCoors Urban Entrepreneurs Series (MUES) program supporter and friend, speaks at...
Junior members of the National Society of Black Engineers interview EPA Head Lisa Jackson
Photo: Junior members of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) interview U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson in...
Illinois State Advisory Council on Education of Children with Disabilities hosts Sixth Annual Legislative Breakfast
Springfield, IL – The Illinois State Advisory Council on the Education of Children with Disabilities (ISAC) and the Illinois State Board...
New Research Team to investigate mystery behind premature births
(From New America Media)  By Viji Sundaram  PALO ALTO, Calif.—Kevin Bracy calls July 9, 2001, a “bittersweet†day—sweet...
Martin Luther King, III challenges Americans to unite and fight for worker’s rights
“Stop making my father an idol, rather embrace his ideals†  By Chinta Strausberg  Reflecting on the 43rd...
NNPA to champion pardon for Wilmington Ten
(From New America Media)  By Khalil Abdullah  Editor's note: The Wilmington Ten were a group of civil rights...
The National Black Church Initiative urges Supreme Court to consider Wal-Mart class action gender discrimination suit
 Washington, DC - The National Black Church Initiative (NBCI), a faith-based coalition of 34,000 churches comprised of 15 denominations...