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 
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...
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...
Treasurer Frerichs Returns Record-Setting $155 Million Through I-Cash Program
Average Return $2,900; One Estate Bequeathed $1.5 Million SPRINGFIELD, IL – The state treasurer’s office returned a record-setting $155...
Our Schools Remain Separate and Unequal
By Marc H. Morial President & CEO, National Urban League Every Student Succeeds When Schools Are Funded Fairly More...
President Obama: “… I Condemn in the Strongest Terms What Appears to be a Horrific Terrorist Attack in Nice, France…”
80 People dead in terrorist attack in Nice, France, dozens injured Statements by President Barack Obama, Attorney General Loretta...
Court Orders Release of Police Misconduct Records
In Chicago and around the country, protests continued this weekend following the police killings of Alton Sterling in Baton...
Attorney General Madigan Announces Additional $3 Million Herbalife Settlement
Madigan Announces Additional $3 Million in Restitution for Illinois on Top of Federal Trade Commission’s $200 Million Nationwide Settlement ...
Directing Dollars Seen As a Way To Protest Recent Shootings; Thousands Make Deposits in Black-owned Banks
By Michael Grant, President, National Bankers Association Reacting to the most recent wave of shootings of Black...