Mary J. Blige, Charlie Wilson, Nelly, Tyrese, and More to Headline 2026 Cincinnati Music Festival 
Black Culture Takes Center Stage as 7th Annual Jazz & Arts Festival Returns to Celebrate Legacy and Community 
28th Annual International Father and Family Practitioners Conference in the DC Area 
Drone Academy in Texas Now Featured on Daymond John’s Next Level CEO 
Historian Honored for Her Groundbreaking Research 
The News-Gazette endorses Kirk for Senate
   The News-Gazette's statement on endorsing Republican Mark Kirk for Senate  Voters can vote twice in the U.S....
First Lady Michelle Obama focuses on effort to end childhood obesity on TV ONE’s Special premiering Friday, October 29 at 10 p.m.
The one-hour special includes TV One's two-time NAACP Image Award-winner Roland Martin's White House interview with the First Lady, plus...
Has Black America lost its backbone?
 By H. Lewis Smith  (Distributed through BlackNews.com)  All by-products of African-American ingenuity, Negro spirituals, blues and jazz were...
Former Kirk supporters now back Giannoulias
Leaders from seven groups no longer trust Kirk                                                 (From the Giannoulias Campaign)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Saying they no longer trust...
Giannoulias attacks from the Left and right leave Kirk in the Center with most Illinois voters
(From the Kirk Campaign)  First Alexi Giannoulias said Mark Kirk wasn’t conservative enough…  “After the debate, Giannoulias admitted his...
Maynard Institute launches Americaswire.org; new wire service will provide comprehensive stories on structural racism in America
Michael K. Frisby, president America's Wire  Washington, DC (BlackNews.com) -- The Maynard Institute's Media Center on Structural Racism launched...
Eleanor Foundation Unveils Troubling Statistics on Single Working Women’s Challenges
Women-led households increasing, especially in the suburbs  Lower-income single mothers better educated, working harder—but falling farther behind  Chicago,...
Jesse White and the Chicago Blackhawks Unveil New Permanent Blackhawks License Plate
Money Raised From the License Plates To Support Public Schools  Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White and the Chicago...
Attorney General Madigan announces Bill to strengthen Meth Laws, crack down on repeat meth offenders
 Legislation Would Prohibit Repeat Offenders From Buying Meth Ingredients, Help Safeguard Area Communities  Herrin — Attorney General Lisa...
Media Reports Predict Gloom and Doom for Democrats but Fail to Focus on Extremist Candidates; Many Backed by the Tea Party Movement
 Commentary  By Juanita Bratcher Democrats are getting a good beat-down in the media leading up to the November...