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 
President Obama Statement on Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s Resignation
President Barack Obama: For the last eight years, Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz has had my back. This afternoon, I...
Piccolo Theatre Announces Its 2016/2017 Season
EVANSTON - Piccolo Theatre presents its 2016-2017 Season beginning this October, featuring two women playwrights, three women directors, four full-length productions,...
Largest Black Online Marketplace to Expand to Include Service-Based Businesses
All are encouraged to join the WeBuyBlack.com campaign Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- Inspired by the popular mantra, "do for self" a...
Young Black CEO Owns 4 Patents in Telecommunications
Young African American entrepreneur that owns and operates an independent telecommunications company now holds 4 U.S. Patents Tallahassee, FL (BlackNews.com)...
Serve Illinois Commission Announces $15.6 Million for AmeriCorps Programs
32 grantees will place almost 1,600 AmeriCorps volunteers in communities SPRINGFIELD, IL – The Serve Illinois Commission on Volunteerism and...
Collins’ Proposed Education Improvements Become Law
SPRINGFIELD, IL – State Senator Jacqueline Y. Collins (D-Chicago 16th) was pleased to announce the governor signed into law on...
Madigan, Justice Department & State Attorneys General Sue to Block Aetna Acquisition of Humana
Nationwide Lawsuit Challenges Consolidation in the Health Insurance Industry Over Competition Concerns that Would Harm Patients CHICAGO, IL —...
BYP100 Organizers Shut Down Entrance to CPD Homan Square ‘black site’
BYP100 in coordination with the #LetUsBreathe Collective and the Movement for Black Lives, #FreedomNow Day of Action are taking action...
NAACP Honors 101st Spingarn Medalist Ohio Native Awarded for Decades of Civil Rights Work at Home and Abroad
CINCINNATI, OH – The NAACP National Board of Directors along with NAACP President and CEO Cornell William Brooks announced Ohio...
United States Seeks to Recover More Than $1 Billion Obtained from Corruption Involving Malaysian Sovereign Wealth Fund
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch announced the filing of civil forfeiture complaints seeking the forfeiture and recovery of more than...