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 
NAACP Statement on Use of ‘N-word’ at White House Correspondents’ Dinner
NAACP President and CEO Cornell William Brooks issued the following statement about remarks made at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner...
Ten Local Television Celebrities to Host the Chinese American Service League’s 27th Annual Dinner Gala at The Field Museum—Featuring China’s First Emperor and His Terracotta Warriors
CHICAGO, IL — The Chinese American Service League (CASL) will be hosting its 27th Annual Dinner Gala on Wednesday, May...
New Book Addresses Stereotypes that say Minorities are Unattractive, Uneducated, Loud, Violent, Single, Poor and Lazy
Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- Jessica M. McEachern, MA, MSW says she wrote Societal Perceptions to help people connect with various experiences...
5% of Boeing Stock Holders Vote for Resolution Challenging Arms Sales to Israel
The Boeing Company held its annual stockholders meeting in Chicago. Members of the Anti-War Committee – Chicago (AWC) had submitted...
Kirk Demands Answers, Accountability from Newly Confirmed Veterans Affairs Inspector General
Demands IG Take Independent, Aggressive Role in Protecting Whistleblowers and Rooting Out VA Corruption WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Mark...
Former DEA Agent Pleads Guilty To Tax Evasion And Witness Tampering
Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Samuel Murad (62, Clearwater) has pleaded guilty to...
Senator Kirk Joins Bipartisan Coalition to Announce New Sentencing Reform Legislation
Kirk-driven provisions use bill savings to fight gangs of national significance in Chicagoland WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mark...
Yale to Name Residential College After Civil and Women’s Rights Activist Anna Pauline Murray
Yale University to Name Residential College After Civil and Women’s Rights Activist Anna Pauline Murray BALTIMORE, MD - The...
Metropolitan Tenants Organization to Present Kenwood Oakland Community Organization with Housing Champion Award
The Kenwood Oakland Community Organization, better known as KOCO, will receive a Housing Champion Award at MTO's Spring Event on...
President Obama Nominates Eight to Serve on United States District Courts
WASHINGTON, DC - President Obama nominated Judge Patricia D. Barksdale, Judge Todd E. Edelman, William F. Jung, Judge Philip R....