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 
Riled by Glass Ceilings: Perseverance, Skill Credited for Historic Growth in Black Female Entrepreneurship
ByEdna Kane-Williams Given the pioneering success of Madam C. J. Walker, America's first self-made black woman millionaire, people wanted...
Hip Hop and Butoh Combine for The Dance Center’s Presentation of Rennie Harris and Michael Sakamoto March 31 – April 2
CHICAGO, IL — The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago concludes its 2015–16 season with the choreographer-performer duo of Rennie...
Justice Department Files Lawsuit to Bring Constitutional Policing to Ferguson, Missouri
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch announced that the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court against the...
From Slave Ships to ‘Black Lives Matter’: Nation’s Newest Smithsonian to Tell Story of African Americans
By Edna Kane-Williams In 1955, Mamie Till, the grieving mother of Emmett Till, said she wanted the world to see...
President Obama Addresses the Illinois General Assembly
House Chamber Illinois State Capitol Springfield, Illinois President Barack Obama: Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, members of the General...
Transit Workers Rally Against CTA Assault on Democratic Rights at the Workplace
Chicago's transit workers and Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) members will rally at CTA headquarters downtown against suppression of union activity....
Maryland Legislature Expands Voting Rights for People with Felony Convictions
From: The Sentencing Project Maryland lawmakers expanded voting rights for people with felony convictions with their override of Gov. Larry...
Kirk, Manchin, Dold & Vargas Introduce Bill to Stand Against Hateful Targeting of Israel
With Bipartisan Bill, Congress Opposes Economic Warfare Against Our Strongest Middle East Ally WASHINGTON, IL - U.S. Senator Mark Kirk...
State Board Approves 29 School Districts to Receive Qualified School Construction Bonds
Selected schools can take advantage of low- to no-interest bonds for construction and building needs SPRINGFIELD, IL –Twenty-nine school...
County Awards Anti-Violence Grants to Seven Organizations
Board backs President Preckwinkle’s policy to provide local services to those at-risk Cook County’s Justice Advisory Council (JAC)...