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 
Madigan heralds newly strengthened False Claims Act
  Amended Act Will Help Attorney General Recover Taxpayer Dollars from Vendors that Defraud the State   Chicago,...
“Friends” Facebook Messages may lead to scams
 (From the Better Business Bureau)  Chicago, IL- With more than 500 million active users in July 2010, Facebook has...
Kirk proposes seven debates/forums for Senate race
  Same locations and dates of the first and last Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858;  Foreign policy debate on August 21st in...
University of Illinois Latina Latino Alumni presents Association’s success stories in government
Chicago, IL – The University of Illinois’ Latina/Latino Alumni Association (LLAA) announced its special guests speakers for their upcoming “Success in...
Goodman Theatre announces casting for Candide, directed by Mary Zimmerman
Additional 2010/2011 season updates include Rick Snyder to direct God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza and Jessica Thebus to direct...
Bob Johnson urges national dialogue based on recognition of race to address alarming increase in wealth gap between Black and White Americans
 Johnson Argues that Wealth Gap Compares to "Compelling National Interest Test" Which Could Justify Race-Recognition Remedies  Bethesda, MD (BlackNews.com)...
Low-interest loans offered to flood victims
 Residents in Western Cook County now eligible  Chicago, IL - Residents and business owners in Chicago’s Western Suburbs that were...
Beyond Sport launches United Airlines Chicago Impact Award in conjunction with 2010 Summit
 Call for entries open through August 9, 2010  Beyond Sport, the global initiative that promotes, develops and funds...
Chicago’s Puerto Rican Community to celebrate release of Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Carlos Alberto Torres
 Release re-energizes campaign to win release of remaining political prisoner, Oscar López Rivera.  (Distributed by the National Boricua Human...
Creative thinking turns into reality
By Juanita Bratcher  Several years ago, a writer aquaintance wrote a fictional novel about the first African-American being elected...