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 
Today’s Quote
Sometimes, doing what is convenient at the moment can end up haunting for a lifetime – Juanita BratcherÂ
Sixth Annual Black History Showcase at Pennsylvania Convention Center Celebrates African American achievement
 Real People, Real Artifacts and Real Stories   Philadelphia, PA (BlackNews.com) -- Black History Showcase (BHS), the nations premier...
Illinois targets struggling schools with new ‘Partnership Zones’
Illinois partners with Mass Insight and five other states in public-private initiative to improve lowest-performing schools  SPRINGFIELD – The...
New “Buying Power of Black America” Report shows major shift spending in response to economy
Chicago, IL (BlackNews.com) -- Black consumers are responding to tighter economic condition by focusing more of their spending on items...
President Obama’s State of the Union Address
  ""We have finished a difficult year. We have come through a difficult decade. But a new year has come. A...
Preckwinkle forms coalition committed to bringing County health system into 21st Century
Reform Candidates for County Board Will Work Together to Modernize System  Alderman Toni Preckwinkle, candidate for Cook County Board President, joined forces...
Political storm over Senate Majority Leader Reid’s private remarks “much ado about nothingâ€
 Commentary  By Juanita Bratcher Can you imagine the political storm that developed over private remarks made by Senate...
Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. Endorses Preckwinkle
 Congressman calls Preckwinkle the only candidate who can restore faith in Cook County government Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. today...
Racially charged flyers can be a turnoff to voters
  Commentary  By Juanita Bratcher  The last thing Cook County Board President Todd Stroger needs is for overzealous...
Today’s Quote
 “Today we honor one of America’s true heroes.  “Dr. King’s peaceful battle for equality transformed not only our...