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 
Op-ed: Set Corey Jacobs Free From Prison
He deserves a grant of clemency from President Obama By Brittany K. Barnett-Byrd, Esq. As the daughter of a formerly incarcerated...
Illinois Class of 2016 Average ACT Score up Slightly as National Average Declines
College ready percentage holds steady at one in four students SPRINGFIELD, IL — Results released today in ACT’s annual score...
State’s Attorney Charges Nine in Indictments Targeting Benefits Fraud
Nine individuals who perpetrated fraud schemes that cheated taxpayer funded government benefit programs out of millions of dollars have been...
2016 Carl Sandburg Literary Awards to be Presented to Erik Larson and Scott Turow at October 26 Event
70 Additional Authors with Chicago Ties to Convene at Awards Dinner CHICAGO, IL – The Chicago Public Library Foundation and...
Expo Chicago Announces Selected Artists for In/Situ, In/Situ Outside and Expo Projects
A Break in the Code, The 2016 IN/SITU Program Curated by Diana Nawi, and EXPO Projects To Be...
Black-Owned Businesses Get New Boost With Latest Social Network Platform, Ranktribe
WASHINGTON, DC (BlackNews.com) – Great news for Black business owners and entrepreneurs looking for exclusive exposure and support online. Latest social networking...
Black Lives Matter Collaborates With Planned Parenthood – The Zenith of Oxymoron
Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- The African American community was once viewed as the conscience of the nation but has now paid...
Kirk to Hold Hearing to Examine Iran Cash-for-Hostages Links to Terrorist Financing
American Should Know If Any U.S. Taxpayer Money is Ending Up in Hands of Terrorists CHICAGO, IL — U.S....
Class of 2020: Highest Number of Minority Medical Students Ever
COM recognized as national leader in recruitment, retention and graduation of African-American medical students Charleston, SC -- The Medical University...
Award-Winning Civil Rights Journalist and Black Press Columnist George Curry Dead at 69
By Hazel Trice Edney (TriceEdneyWire) - Pioneering Civil rights and Black political journalist George E. Curry, the reputed dean of...