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 
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...
Former Jail Administrator from Stone County, Arkansas, Pleads Guilty to Instructing Inmates to Assault Another Prisoner
The Justice Department announced that Randel Branscum, 56, a former chief deputy and jail administrator with the Stone County Sheriff’s...
Growing Number of Illinois Graduates Excel on AP Exams
Illinois’ Class of 2015 exceeds the national average of students scoring a 3 or higher on college-level tests ...