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 
Springfield’s Continued Failure to Address Long-Term Funding Crisis Putting Future of State at Risk
Residents Rally to Declare State of Emergency in Illinois On Thursday, a broad coalition of organizations representing residents being...
White Attorney/Author Pens Book About Race Called ” I See Color”
Author Robert Pellegrino offers white Americans solutions to challenge racial stereotypes, tendencies and unconscious habits toward blacks. New Haven, CT...
Bergen County, New Jersey, Man Admits Helping Disguise Foreign Contributions During 2012 Presidential Election
NEWARK, N.J. – A Bergen County, New Jersey, man admitted helping funnel $80,000 in campaign contributions from a foreign source...
President Preckwinkle Announces Latest Round of Anti-Violence Grants
Funds will assist four organizations with community-based initiatives Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced the County will award...
U.S. Supreme Court Denies Justice to Immigrants, Families, and American Communities; Blocks 2014 Immigration Deferred Action Programs
Statement of Mary Meg McCarthy, Executive Director, Heartland Alliance’s National Immigrant Justice Center CHICAGO, IL — Heartland Alliance’s...
Kirk Secures Increased Aid For Israel and Foreign Assistance Programs To Advance U.S. Initiatives Abroad
Appropriations Committee Sends FY17 State and Foreign Ops Bill To Senate Floor WASHINGTON, D. C. - U.S. Senator...
Chicago Lawyers and the Code of Silence
View From The Ground <info@invisibleinstitute.com> Vol. 2, Issue 4: Record Resistance A REPRINT At Issue: City lawyers and the code...
President Preckwinkle Nominates Five for Posts on Health and Hospitals System’s Governing Board
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced five nominees to the governing board of the Cook County Health and Hospitals...
Kirk Statement on ISIS Suicide Terrorist Bombings at Airport in Turkey
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) issued the following statement after yesterday’s horrific suicide bombing at Istanbul Atatürk Airport that killed...
Award-Winning Black Organization Partners With Local Police Departments to Promote “Brains Before Bullets”
Orrin C. Hudson, founder of Be Someone, is partnering with the DeKalb County Police Dept to host a free youth...