Destiny’s Child Reimagined Tribute Honors Legacy, Sisterhood, and Timeless Music 
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Young Author’s “Beautiful Dreams” Becoming a Reality as Books Earn International Awards 
Celebrity Red Carpet Correspondent Covers Carolina Soul Music Awards 
Dessert Food Truck Owner Launches 2026 Scholarship Program 
“Our Lives Matter, Our Votes Count”: NAACP Announces 2016 Convention Theme
Recipient of 101st Spingarn Medal is Ohio native CINCINNATI – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People...
FBI Marks Nine Years Since Disappearance of Retired Agent
Retired FBI Special Agent Robert A. “Bob” Levinson went missing on Kish Island in Iran on March 9, 2007. It...
Journalist Sues to Get Police & State’s Attorney Records of Laquan McDonald Shooting Investigations
CHICAGO, IL — The independent journalist who forced the release of the infamous Laquan McDonald police shooting video has sued...
Preckwinkle Unveils Public Safety Legislative Agenda
Proposals aim to roll back decades of failed criminal justice policies Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle today announced her...
Writer Demetrius Walker Says the Media and Others Should Use an Uppercase “B” for Black People
Launches CapitalizeTheB.com to Change Grammar Rules Houston, TX (BlackNews.com) -- Writer, Demetrius Walker, has launched CapitalizeTheB.com, a website that calls...
Thumbtack Advocates for Skilled Professionals in the Gig Economy
New Report: Beyond the Gig Economy: How New Technologies are Reshaping the Future of Work Offers Provocative Assessment of the...
Comptroller Munger Urges Taxpayers to Register for Illinois Tax Refund Alert System
Comptroller's tax refund insert outlines government spending, revenues CHICAGO, IL - As her office begins issuing state income tax...
Not Funding TCART is Costing the Black Community Hundreds of Jobs
SPRINGFIELD, IL – The budget impasse continues to hurt the black community as job programs that lift families out...
#OscarsSoWhite Becoming More Than a P.R. Headache for Hollywood
By Marc H. Morial President & CEO, National Urban League I didn’t watch the Oscars on television this year. Apparently,...
County Board President Preckwinkle Sets ‘Holdback’; Expected to Save Millions
Concerned about the harmful impact of a continued state budget stalemate, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is taking proactive...