Black Events Platform Expands Nationally into Six of the Country’s Most Vibrant Culture Hubs 
EmpowerED Outreach Hosting Free Juneteenth Freedom Fest at Robert Smith Family Park in Fate, Texas 
Dayton Book Fair For Black Children 
Black Sorrority to Host Inaugural Lupus Walk in Pearland, Texas 
Black Teacher Helps Students Learn Math Through Music With New Album Release 
City of Chicago Holds “On The Road” Small Business Expo
Expo Offers Free Resources from Nearly 40 Agencies, Workshops and Opportunity to Hear from Keynote Speaker Restaurateur and Master...
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Cook County Health & Hospitals System CEO Dr. Jay Shannon Respond to U.S. House Vote on the American Health Care Act
The impact of today’s vote by the U.S. House will be devastating. More than a half-million residents of Cook County...
Groups Investigate Chicago ‘Gang Database’ For Civil Rights Violations, Connection to Immigration Raids
As part of the campaign to make Chicago a real sanctuary city, immigrant and Black-led groups file request for information...
Job Losses Reported in More Than Half of the Metro Areas
Unemployment rate declines in most areas CHICAGO, IL –Unemployment rates were down over-the-year in all but one of Illinois’s metro...
State Rep. Welch Bill Closes Tax Loopholes, Requires Wealthy Pay Fair Share
SPRINGFIELD, IL – In an effort to close current tax loopholes and provide monetary relief for the middle class, Illinois...
Rep. Stratton Honors Chance the Rapper’s Donation to the Chicago Public Schools
SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois State Rep. Juliana Stratton, D-Chicago, honored Chance the Rapper by passing a House Resolution recognizing...
Family Sues ICE, City of Chicago, After Gang Database Information Led to Violent Immigration Raid That Left Immigrant Severely Injured
Wife of the man suing ICE, Detention Center and the Chicago Police Department to speak at May Day Rally to...
Real Men Cook Seeking Volunteer Cooks to Showcase Their Skills on Father’s Day
Rare opportunity to show off cooking skills while uplifting families Attention men who are cooks, aspiring cooks, weekend cooks or...
Belvidere Physician Sentenced to Nine Years and Ordered to Pay More Than $2.7 Million for Health Care Fraud
ROCKFORD — A suspended physician was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala on charges of federal health care...
Most ID Theft Victims Don’t Need a Police Report
BySeena Gressin Attorney, Division of Consumer & Business Education, FTC When it comes to reporting and recovering from identity theft,...