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 
Among Delinquent Teens, Whites More Likely Than Blacks to Abuse Hard Drugs
Findings call for reform addressing disproportionate incarceration of African Americans • First comprehensive study of substance abuse and dependence in...
Kirk: Force Backpage to Stop Denying Role in Sex-Trafficking
Nation’s Top Sex Trafficking Site Refuses to Comply with Senate Subpoena Backpage Recently Sued Justice Department to Block Kirk-Authored SAVE...
Black Women’s Expo Debuts 22nd Season of Uplifting Black Women
Popular experiential expo slated for three city tour in 2016 CHICAGO, IL – The Black Women’s Expo (BWE), one of...
Food Stamp Fraud: Supermarket Owner Imprisoned for Multi-Million-Dollar Scam
Tessema Lulseged owned a supermarket in Decatur, Georgia, but he was selling much more than groceries. He was trafficking in...
Beverly “Squatter” Pleads Guilty
One of four men charged last year with illegally occupying and renting out foreclosed properties, several of which were located...
BYP100: Defeat of Cook County State’s Attorney Alvarez Was a Victory Won by Sacrifices of Young Black, Queer and Femme Organizers
BYP100 statement on defeat of Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez CHICAGO, IL – "Political freedom has been...
Kirk, Manchin, Collins Introduce Bill to Speed Development of Regenerative Medicine
REGROW Act Accelerates New Therapies to Help Patients Living with Disease Stem Cell Therapies Help Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Sickle Cell...
Illinois School Finances Show Improvement on Latest Financial Profile Report
ISBE analysis shows fewer districts earned lowest financial rating; without full funding, more are expected to deficit spend in current...
Pennsylvania Man Charged with Hacking Apple and Google E-Mail Accounts Belonging to More Than 100 People, Mostly Celebrities
LOS ANGELES – A Pennsylvania man was charged with felony computer hacking related to a phishing scheme that gave him...
National Urban League President Urges Swift Senate Action on Scotus Nominee Garland
NEW YORK - National Urban League President Marc H. Morial congratulated Merrick Garland, Chief Judge of the District of...