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 
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)...
Local Spanish Television Personality Sentenced to 61 Years in Child Sexual Assault Cases
A local Spanish language music show producer previously convicted of sexually assaulting three young female music students has been sentenced...
People’s Map Chairman John Hooker’s Statement on Redistricting in Illinois
John Hooker's Statement: I have immense respect for President (Barack) Obama and we’re always excited and honored when he comes...
Economic Justice Still Elusive Long After King’s ‘I Have a Dream’
By Edna Kane-Williams On April 3, 1968, nearly five years after his famous "I Have a Dream Speech,"...
Wife of Dead ISIL Leader Charged in Death of Kayla Jean Mueller
Defendant Charged with Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to ISIL Nisreen Assad Ibrahim Bahar, aka Umm Sayyaf, 25, an Iraqi...
Attorney General Highlights Safer Internet Day
CHICAGO, IL — Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan recognized 2016 Safer Internet Day by urging parents and educators to help...
National Veterans Art Museum to open Solo Exhibition “Operation Mom’s Couch,” from Award-Winning Veteran Artist Eric J. Garcia
New exhibition highlights autobiographical veteran artist experience CHICAGO, IL — The National Veterans Art Museum (NVAM) announces the...
Black Relationship Expert Reveals the Psychology Behind Why Men (and Women) Cheat
Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- A new book entitled, The Power Within, A Womans Worth: From Both Sexes (available on Amazon.com) tackles...