Vivica A. Fox Stars in and Produces the New LMN Thriller “The Wrong Housemaid” 
Three Women Fighting to Preserve an Important Slavery Exhibit in Philadelphia 
63-Year-Old Black Athlete/ Track Star is Running Faster Than She Did in Her 50s 
14-Year-Old Black CEO Launches Youth Entrepreneurship Summit and $10K Pitch Competition 
Founder Rejects $15K Offer for Breakthrough Patent-Pending Software 
Illinois Department of Public Health Reports Six Cases Of Viral Illness Linked To Ratteries
General public at low risk of infection SPRINGFIELD, IL – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is reporting...
Attorney General Madigan Sues Navient and Sallie Mae for Rampant Student Loan Abuses
Madigan Alleges Navient and its lending predecessor Sallie Mae Engaged in Widespread Unfair and Deceptive Subprime Lending, Failed to Offer...
Illinois Film Industry Generates $499 Million in 2016
Chicago named #5 Best Place to Live and Work as a Moviemaker CHICAGO, IL – The Illinois FILM Office announced...
Cook County Board Approves Seven Tax Incentives to Support Economic Growth
Cook County Commissioners approved seven proposals from President Toni Preckwinkle’s Bureau of Economic Development (BED) that will provide tax incentives...
NAACP, Greenpeace Leaders: Call Today to Stop Sessions as Attorney General
WASHINGTON, DC – With Senators rumored to vote as early as tomorrow on the controversial Attorney General, leaders from two...
Unemployment Rate Increases to 5.7% in December
Largest nonfarm payroll drop of the year CHICAGO, IL–The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced that the unemployment rate...
State Announces Free Tax Preparation for Low Income Families
Department of Human Services offers extra help during tax season SPRINGFIELD, IL –Illinois Department of Human Services Secretary James Dimas...
Black History Matters! Celebrate Black History With a Reflection on the 100 Years Leading up to Barack Obama Winning the Presidency
Nationwide (BlackNews.com) – At the end of the historic tenure of a black president and the recent resurgence of white...
The City of Chicago Department of Business Affairs & Consumer Protection Offers FREE Business Workshops
The City of Chicago Department of Business Affairs & Consumer Protection (BACP) offers FREE business workshops every Wednesday and Friday at...
NAACP Death Penalty Fact Sheet: The Death Penalty is Plagued With Racial Disparities
In states across the country, African Americans are disproportionately represented on death row and among those who have been executed. ...