Former Mayor Calls for Accuracy in Water Crisis Narrative 
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 
NAACP to Protest Across Alabama
NAACP President Cornell William Brooks to Join Protests at Sessions’ Mobile, AL Office, January 3 Protests at Five Offices in...
PETAL et al. and CopyLine Magazine Executives Inspire Percy Julian Students on Career Goals During Junior Achievement Event
Pictured above: Juanita Bratcher, Editor & Publisher, Copyline Magazine and Ashley L. Thompson, Operations Manager, Junior Achievement of Chicago PETAL...
Music Can Be A Major Key To Therapeutic Healing
Music plays a significant role in nearly everyone’s life, but for some people it represents much more than an...
Three Often-Overlooked Tax Tips for African Americans for the 2017 Tax Season
By Randy Hughes Founder of Counting Pennies Nationwide (BlackNews.com) - Sadly, many African Americans don't think about taxes until the...
Black Author/Thinker Reveals the Truth About 18 Controversial Subjects in Her New Book, “Psst: Please Somebody Speak The Truth”
Nationwide (BlackNews.com) – Dr. Karen Sloan-Brown says, "Stop the Lies! The 2016 Presidential election was built on a foundation of...
FBI Searches for Unknown Bank Robber
The Dallas FBI Violent Crimes Task Force is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a wanted subject who is believed...
NAACP Statement on Nominees to U.S. Civil Rights Commission
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The NAACP issued the following statement after President Barack Obama’s nomination of Catherine Lhamon and Debo Abegbile...
Unemployment Rates Remain Higher Than National Rate in all but One Metro Area
Job Growth Remains Mixed CHICAGO, IL – This month, 13 of Illinois’ metropolitan (metro) areas experienced declines in their over-the-year...
NAACP Calls on Senate to Block Sessions for Attorney General
Historic and current failure to acknowledge voter suppression remains a key issue BALTIMORE, MD – NAACP President and...
Putting “Happy” Back Into the Holidays: Tips for Overcoming the Holiday Blues
Op-Ed By Van Moody The holidays are quickly approaching and while many people are decking the halls and enjoying festive...