Singer Joe to Headline 6th Annual Star 94.5 Heart & Soul Music Festival 
Helmet Technology by Black Inventor and Ex-Football Player Among Those Recognized at NFL Symposium 
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 
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch Statement on Recent Officer Deaths in Florida
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch delivered the following statement on the recent deaths of the two officers in Florida at...
FBI Releases Preliminary Semiannual Crime Statistics for 2016
Statistics released in the FBI’s Preliminary Semiannual Uniform Crime Report revealed overall increases in the number of violent crimes reported...
Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble Presents “Consumed”, Debut Work of Artistic Director Sara Maslanka
An exploration of distraction and downfall in redefining a modern American dream Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble (CDE) continues its...
State Senator Raoul: We Need a Comprehensive Approach to Violence
SPRINGFIELD, IL — Communities with high levels of violent crime could soon receive more comprehensive trauma recovery services. Illinois State...
National Urban League Issues First Presidential Scorecard Ranking Obama Presidency
National Urban League issues first presidential scorecard ranking Obama presidency Hearkens back to Reagan’s Question, “Are You Better Off Than...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $1.07 Billion in Federal Funding To Improve Rail Transit Service in Chicago
CHICAGO, IL – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced approximately $1.07 billion in federal grant...
Congress Certifies Trump. Growing 1000s Say NO! Vow To STOP Trump/Pence Fascist Regime Before It Starts!
From: RefuseFascism.org Mission and Plan for a Month of Massive Resistance "Imagine if people, in the tens of millions,...
NAACP President Brooks to Testify at Sessions Nomination for Attorney General Jan 10-11
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A week after statewide demonstrations and a sit-in arrest at the offices of US Attorney General nominee...
W.K. Kellogg Foundation Announces National Day of Racial Healing January 17
Initiated by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Enterprise, a National Day of Racial Healing on...
National Veterans Art Museum Acquires Thirty-One Screen Prints by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Sponsorship to purchase the Vonnegut collection provided by generosity of the Nielsen Family. Chicago, IL – The National Veterans...