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 
Comparative Analysis of U.S. Prison Population Trends 1999-2014
From: Marc Mauer The Sentencing Project I'm writing to share two new analyses pertaining to reforms in the adult and...
Physician Pleads Guilty To Illegally Prescribing Pain Medication
TYLER, Texas – U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced that an East Texas pain management physician has pleaded guilty to...
Legislators and Grassroots Leaders Release the People’s Agenda, A People-Focused Alternative to the Turnaround Agenda
On the eve of Rauner’s Budget Address, Groups Lays Out New Vision to Put People Back on the Agenda in...
State Senator Raoul Joins Petition to Appoint Special Prosecutor for LaQuan McDonald Case
Court appointee would take over prosecution of officer accused of killing Laquan McDonald SPRINGFIELD, IL — Illinois State Senator...
Illinois Legislative Black Caucus to Host Press Conference Following the Governor’s Budget Address
Following Governor Rauner’s budget address, members of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus will hold a press conference to give...
VP Candidate, Chicago Activists to Hold Press Conference on Flint Water Crisis, Police Brutality, Deportations
Vice-Presidential candidate Lamont Lilly, along with Philadelphia activists Pam & Ramona Africa, and Chicago activists Daphne Jackson and Patricia Linarez,...
New Book Reveals the Truth About Ferguson, Missouri’s Ongoing White Supremacy
Jamala Rogers, author of "Ferguson is America: Roots of Rebellion" says that Ferguson city officials continue to refuse to acknowledge...
Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Hate Crime for Threatening to Firebomb Two Mosques and Shoot Worshippers
The Justice Department announced that Martin Alan Schnitzler, 43, pleaded guilty to a hate crime in the Middle District of...
llinois Lottery Launches New Special Olympics Game
100% of Profits Support Special Olympic Sports Programs in Illinois CHICAGO, IL – In front of an enthusiastic crowd at...
Haitian-American Chamber of Commerce to Host Quarterly Workshop in Atlanta Featuring Business and Life Coach Orrin Hudson
Atlanta, GA (BlackNews.com) - The Georgia Haitian-American Chamber of Commerce announces its workshop Winning Moves to Succeed in Business and...