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 
Senator Collins on Rauner’s Voting Access Veto: “Democracy Can’t Wait”
SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois State Senator Jacqueline Y. Collins (D-Chicago 16th) condemned the governor’s decision to veto legislation that would...
Illinois Domestic Workers Claim Victory in 5-Year Campaign For Basic Workplace Protections
Friday’s bill signing makes Illinois 7th state to provide domestic workers with legal protections Decades after the passage of...
Attorney General Madigan Joins 18 States Calling For Limits on Mandatory Arbitration Clauses
Multistate Letter to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Requesting Restoration of Consumer Protections CHICAGO, IL ─ Illinois Attorney General Lisa...
Treasurer Frerichs Holds Statewide Hearings On Life Insurers That Do Not Pay Death Benefits
Kemper Invited to Participate, Testify on its Non-Payment Actions First Public Hearing Aug. 17 in Normal, Illinois SPRINGFIELD, IL...
Invisible Scars: Prisoner of Her Past (2010) #KTQ50 Film Now Streaming for Free
From today until Friday, August 19th, the free KTQ50 film is Prisoner of Her Past (2010). "A brave work of personal discovery that explores a scandalously...
CPS Students Rally for Fired Teachers and Staff Outside the Thompson Center Today
CHICAGO, IL - In response to the recent firing of one thousand teachers and staff employed by Chicago Public...
NAACP Response to Department of Justice Report on Civil Rights Violations by Baltimore City Police Department
BALTIMORE, MD — NAACP National President and CEO Cornell William Brooks issued the following statement in response to the United...
Department of Justice Expands Services for Crime Victims
New Federal Rule Helps States Plan for Historic Funding Increases The Department of Justice today published a final rule expanding...
129-Year-Old Black Child Welfare Agency Struggling to Survive
Launches online crowdfunding campaign at www.gofundme.com/csichild Philadelphia, PA (BlackNews.com) -- Childrens Service Inc. (CSI) is a 129-year old child...
Clifford Law Offices Obtains $3.3 Million Verdict Against Northwestern Hospital for Overdosing Father and Husband, Killing Him
A Cook County Circuit Court jury returned a verdict for $3.3 million against Northwestern Hospital for administering a 56-year-old man...