Singer Joe to Headline 6th Annual Star 94.5 Heart & Soul Music Festival 
Scholars and Activists to Unite for Summit Highlighting Critical Fight Against Black Historical Erasure 
Health Experts in Sickle Cell Disease to Convene at 2026 Annual Convention 
Teens Launch Mobile Farm to Inspire the Next Generation of Agriculture Enthusiasts 
NAACP DuPage County Announces its 68th Annual Freedom Fund Gala to Honor Leaders and Changemakers 
Attorney General Madigan Announces $18.5 Million Settlement With Target Over Data Breach
Agreement Establishes Industry Standards for Collecting and Protecting Consumer Data CHICAGO, IL – Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan...
Johnny Lang, Mavis Staples, Shemekia Copeland, Elvin Bishop, Devon Allman and Guy King Headline 21st Blues on the Fox Festival, June 16 and 17 at Aurora’s Riveredge Park
Aurora's 21st Annual Blues on the Fox Festival opens Friday, June 16 with (middle, from left) Mavis Staples and...
NAACP Chairmen: ‘Today is the First Day of our Next 100 Years’
By Derrick Johnson and Leon W. RussellOp-Ed Published on NBCBLK When the National Association for the Advancement of Colored...
Illinois Legislative Black Caucus Foundation to Host Criminal Justice Symposium
SPRINGFIELD, IL – According to the NAACP, African Americans now constitute nearly 1 million of the total 2.3 million incarcerated...
Real Men Cook’s Father Day Celebration 2017 to Continue Commitment to Wellness at all Locations
Real Men Cook's Father's Day Celebration will continue its long tradition of serving healthy foods and promoting nutrition when it...
Teachers at Chicago’s Passages Elementary to Strike May 25 – First Charter Strike in U.S. History
Management won’t budge on opposition to financial transparency, insistence on bottom-of-the-barrel spending on immigrant and refugee students and frontline...
IDOT, Law Enforcement Urge Motorists to ‘Click It or Ticket’ as Summer Travel Season Begins
Illinois to participate in multistate 'Border to Border' crackdown SPRINGFIELD, IL - As Memorial Day approaches, the Illinois Department...
Madigan & 14 Attorneys General Urge Department of Justice to Rescind Harsh New Sentencing Guidelines
Coalition Calls on Attorney General Sessions to Reverse Sentencing Guidance CHICAGO, IL – Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan...
Rep. Harper to Help Immigrants Understand Their Constitutional Rights
CHICAGO, IL – Illinois State Rep. Sonya Harper, D-Chicago, is joining the National Immigrant Justice Center to help connect immigrants...
Negotiating Team Outlines House Democrats’ Economic Reform Proposals
SPRINGFIELD, IL – House Democrats seeking common ground with Gov. Bruce Rauner in order to end the budget stalemate and...