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 
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...
Hate Talk and Senseless Rhetoric: The “Dumbing-Down” of America
Just a Thought  By Juanita Bratcher  Wild allegations, senseless rhetoric, inflammatory remarks, misinformation, incendiary voices and hatemongering are...
Work-at-home scams arrive to take advantage of the unemployed
  (A Message from the Better Business Bureau)  Chicago, IL - Work-at-home scams rise and fall along with the economy....
Congressman Mark Kirk’s statement on U.S. Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan
Letters to the Editor                                                                                   With regard to Solicitor General (Elena) Kagan, I would support her nomination. Ms. Kagan appears to...
Illinois drivers are now required to come to a complete stop for pedestrians
Governor’s signature provides pedestrian safety in Illinois  Drivers in Illinois are now required to come to a complete stop...
“Drugs & Jail When all Else Fails” – The Psycho-Academic War Against Black Boys
 By Umar R. Abdullah-Johnson  (Distributed through BlackNews.com)  The professional nomenclature has now become household words. Children as...
Illinois AFL-CIO endorses Sec’y of State Jesse White for re-election
 Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White has been endorsed by the Illinois AFL-CIO for re-election in 2010. "This is...