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 
14-Year-Old Black CEO Launches Youth Entrepreneurship Summit and $10K Pitch Competition 
Founder Rejects $15K Offer for Breakthrough Patent-Pending Software 
“Dinner Party From Hell,” Set on Chicago’s North Shore, Runs June 17 – July 16 at Pride Arts Center
Cor completes cast, updates schedule for LGBTQ drama late company Tony Bozzuto and Tosha Fowler are cast...
DOJ Reversal on Drug Prosecutions Will Fuel Mass Incarceration and Undermine Public Safety
BALTIMORE, MD -The NAACP released the following statement regarding the DOJ's decision to promote the use of mandatory minimum...
Attorney General Madigan Student Loan Bill of Rights Passes Senate
AG Madigan & Sen. Daniel Biss Applaud Passage of Senate Bill 1351 to Better Illinois Student Loan Borrowers ...
The Sentencing Project Condemns DOJ’s Return to Harsh Enforcement of Low-level Drug Crimes
Washington, D.C.— Marc Mauer, Executive Director of The Sentencing Project, issued the following statement following Attorney General Jeff Sessions' announcement...
Mothers: Our Heroes Eternal
This poem was written expressly for my mother, Tommie Sean Forte. On this Mother’s Day, I dedicate it to MOTHERS...
Indivisible Chicago Statement on “Unprecedented and Troubling Firing” of FBI Director James Comey
Indivisible Chicago released the following statement in response to firing of controversial FBI Director by Trump administration late Tuesday. The...
Passage of President Trump’s American Healthcare Act a “Shameless Act of Political Cowardice”
Letters to Editors From: Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle We saw a loss for basic human decency last...
Proposed New Charter School in Elgin Awarded $950,000 in Federal Start-up Grants From Charter Schools Program
Charter school will offer families an innovative approach to learning ELGIN, IL – The Illinois State Board of Education...
Court Continues Today Against ICE, Detention Center, for Mistreatment of Detained Immigrant
In the federal lawsuit, which will begin hearings tomorrow, Chicago resident Wilmer Catalan-Ramirez and his attorneys will present evidence that...
New FTC Website Helps Small Businesses
By Tom Pahl Acting Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, FTC When scammers and hackers attack small businesses, it hurts not...