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 
Zika Virus And The 2016 Summer Olympics
Travel guidance for those heading to Brazil for the Olympics SPRINGFIELD, IL – The Illinois Department of Public...
Project Gives Free Passports to Minority Teen Girls
Getting Teens' passport ready: The Passport Party Project to gift 365 passports to underrepresented youth, ages 11-15 nationwide National Geographic...
Illinois Mortgage Industry Benefits from SAFE Mortgage Licensing Act Changes
CHICAGO, IL - "House Resolution 2121, currently before the US Senate, creates a positive economic impact on Illinois' mortgage industry,...
Choreographer Nora Chipaumire Enters the Ring to Explore African Masculinity at The Dance Center October 20-22
CHICAGO, IL — The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago welcomes choreographer-performer nora chipaumire with her most recent artistic investigation...
Lyrics to my Soul: Abuse Victim’s Raw, Soul-Spilling New Book Proves Boundless Healing Power of Music. Hailed “Very Inspirational” by Critics
Sheena Carter’s ‘Lyrics to my soul: Sometimes the Only Comfort the Soul Can Find is Through Music’ takes readers deep...
Executive Producer of Fox 5 DC to Speak at Power Networking Luncheon for Women in the Washington DC Area
Washington, DC (BlackNews.com) -- Carolyn E. Howell, Founder and CEO of Fun Company Events and Director of Sterling Women of...
Black Activist says “Gun Control is not the Answer”
With 300 million guns already in the U.S., gun control is not the answer - we need mindst control By...
Munger Unveils Openbook Portal to Help Taxpayers Follow the Money
Comptroller launches latest transparency initiative Illinois Comptroller Leslie Geissler Munger unveiled her Office's latest transparency website, OpenBook, which allows...
NAACP Statement on Candidates’ Response to the NAACP Pledge to Protect and Preserve Our Lives
BALTIMORE, MD -- NAACP President and CEO Cornell William Brooks issued the following statement after the NAACP Convention and RNC...
Extreme Heat Could Lead to Pavement Failures
IDOT will be monitoring roads for repairs, traffic stoppages possible during heat wave SPRINGFIELD, IL – The Illinois Department of...