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 
Veteran Actress to Star in New Romantic Comedy
Actress Lunden De'Leon to star in new romantic comedy, An Inherited Life Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- It was announced that actress...
Owner Of Debt Collection Company Convicted In Manhattan Federal Court For Massive Fraud
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JOHN TODD WILLIAMS, a/k/a “JT,”...
City of Chicago Offers Free Business Workshops
The City of Chicago Department of Business Affairs & Consumer Protection (BACP) offers FREE business workshops every Wednesday and Friday at...
Racial Disparities in Police Use of Force Exceed Disparities in Arrests
From: The Sentencing Project A new report by the Center for Policing Equity finds that racial disparities in police use...
President Obama Speaks on Shootings in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room President Barack Obama: Good afternoon, everybody. As all of you know now, this morning,...
Immigrant Rights Organizations, Latino, Progressive, and Asian Caucuses Call on City of Chicago to Protect Residents from Deportation
Measures Proposed in Chicago Push Back Against National Attack on Immigrant Communities as Anti-Immigrant and Xenophobic Rhetoric Takes Center Stage...
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch Delivers Remarks at the National Organization Of Black Law Enforcement Executives 40th Annual Conference
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch: Good morning – and thank you for the opportunity to be here today. I want...
Madigan Names New Solicitor General
CHICAGO, IL – Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced that she has appointed David L. Franklin to serve as the...
President Obama’s Weekly Address: Coming Together to Find Solutions
WASHINGTON, DC — In this week's address, President Obama acknowledged that the aftermath of tragedies like we've seen in Dallas,...
Stevenson, Alabama, Police Chief Convicted of Civil Rights Offenses for Assaulting and Failing to Protect Arrestee
The Justice Department announced that a federal jury convicted the Chief of Police of Stevenson, Alabama, Daniel Winters, 56, of...