Former Mayor Calls for Accuracy in Water Crisis Narrative 
Chicago Park District Opens Summer Job Applications in Time for First of Four Teen Opportunity Fairs for Ages 13 & Up 
Marketplace With All Black-Owned Products Celebrates One Year in Business 
Two-Thirds of Black Consumers Pay More Attention to Ads That Reflect Their Culture 
Major George W. Ford Exhibit to Open During Black History Month at Temecula Valley Museum 
Illinois Department of Public Health Safety Tips for Heat
SPRINGFIELD, IL - With high temperatures expected over the next couple of days, Illinois Department of Public Health Director Nirav...
Illinois Legislative Black Caucus Foundation Hosting its Annual Scholarship Golf Outing to Help Offset State’s Inability to Help Future Leaders
CHICAGO, IL– The Illinois Legislative Black Caucus Foundation (ILBCF) is accepting registration for its Annual Scholarship Golf Outing. The event...
Experts Sound Alarm: Wall Street Banks Set to Shakedown Illinois for $870 Million Unless Springfield Acts Fast
Mayor Emanuel Paid Out Hundreds of Millions to Wall Street Banks on Swap Deals that Torpedoed Chicago and CPS budgets,...
What (Else) is the Mayor Hiding?
From: Chicago Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression The refusal of Mayor Rahm Emanuel to release Garry McCarthy's emails in...
Munger: Budget Inaction to Bring Greater Hardship
Comptroller details ramifications of status quo CHICAGO, IL – Illinois Comptroller Leslie Geissler Munger on Thursday warned that hardship caused...
Madigan: Credit Downgrade Caused by Rauner’s Desire to Cause Crisis
SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan issued the following statement after Moody’s Investors Service downgraded Illinois’ credit...
Iberia Parish, Louisiana, Sheriff and Two Other Officials Charged with Civil Rights Violations
Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, and U.S. Attorney Stephanie A....
Hyde Park Art Center Welcomes 2016 Deutsche Bank Artist of the Year Basim Magdy for Chicago Residency
CHICAGO, IL –This July the Hyde Park Art Center (5020 S. Cornell Ave.) will welcome Deutsche Bank’s “Artist of the...
White House Announces the 2016-2017 National Finalists for the White House Fellows Program
WASHINGTON, DC — The President’s Commission on White House Fellowships announced the National Finalists for the 2016-2017 White House Fellowship....
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus Call for Immediate Executive Action to Eradicate Boko Haram
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Recently, Congressional Black Caucus Chairman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) and members of the CBC sent a letter...