Teens Launch Mobile Farm to Inspire the Next Generation of Agriculture Enthusiasts 
NAACP DuPage County Announces its 68th Annual Freedom Fund Gala to Honor Leaders and Changemakers 
Attorney General, Illinois Department of Labor Remind Hearthside Child Laborers to File Claims for Compensation 
Singer Joe to Headline 6th Annual Star 94.5 Heart & Soul Music Festival 
Helmet Technology by Black Inventor and Ex-Football Player Among Those Recognized at NFL Symposium 
SAT Exam Will Replace PARCC Assessment for High School Students During 2016-17 School Year
All public high school juniors will take the SAT; students in grades 3-8 will continue to take the PARCC...
Weekly Address: Standing Together to Stop the Violence: Vice President Joe Biden
WASHINGTON, DC — In this week's address, Vice President Joe Biden commemorated the lives of the five police officers who...
Protesters to Demand Indictment and Prosecution of Cops Who Kill
From: Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression Community groups to demonstrate demanding Department of Justice prosecution of police...
Is Government the Answer to the Present Crisis?
Government Action is not the Whole Answer to the Present Crisiis By Rev. Clenard H. Childress, Jr. Nationwide (BlackNews.com) --...
The Black Lives Matter Network Advocates for Dignity, Justice, and Respect
From: The Black Lives Matter Network In the last few days, this country witnessed the recorded...
Statement by Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle On the Assassination of Law Enforcement Officers in Dallas
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle: Like all Americans, I was horrified to learn today about the...
President Obama to Travel to Dallas, Texas
WASHINGTON, DC – On Tuesday, July 12th, at the invitation of Mayor Rawlings, the President will travel to Dallas, Texas...
Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton to Deliver Address at 107th NAACP Annual Convention
BALTIMORE, MD -- Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will speak to attendees at the 107th Annual NAACP Convention in Cincinnati,...
Black Teenage Girls Organize Chicago Youth Sit-In and March Against Police Brutality; Hundreds expected to gather at 2:00 PM at the Pavilion in Millennium Park July 11th
CHICAGO, IL - Today at 2:00 PM, Chicago youth of all backgrounds will gather at the Pavilion in Millennium Park,...
Illinois Department of Employment Security hosting “Chicago Women in Trades Orientation” Open House
Women encouraged to apply in-person for Pre-Apprenticeship Opportunities as Skilled Trade Workers CHICAGO, IL –The Illinois Department of...