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 
Banned Trauma Center Activists Risk Arrest to Speak at UofC
University maintains ban despite trauma victory CHICAGO, IL — Today at 6 pm, activists banned from the University of Chicago...
Keeping Americans Safe from ISIS
From: U.S. Senator Mark Kirk This week, I urged President Obama to ensure no refugee related to the Syrian crisis is...
FBI Releases 2014 Hate Crime Statistics
The FBI released Hate Crime Statistics, 2014, the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program’s latest compilation about bias-motivated incidents throughout the...
President Obama Names Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
WASHINGTON, DC – President Barack Obama named seventeen recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Presidential Medal of Freedom...
1,000 Chicagoans Sign Petition Overnight for Emanuel to Declare Chicago a Welcoming City for Refugees, Distinguish from Governor Rauner’s Fearmongering
In response to the news that Governor Rauner will attempt to reject Syrian refugees from finding safety in Illinois, more...
Five Arrested after blockading Koch Carbon Petcoke Terminal in Chicago; Calling for Green Jobs Instead of Dangerous Fossil Fuels
CHICAGO, IL— Five community members and concerned citizens have been arrested following a blockade of the only two entrances to the Koch...
Racism on Campus is Nothing New. But New Student Movement Is
By Libero Della Piana As a first-year student at Brown University, twenty-five years ago, I was detained by campus...
Gov. Cuomo, Toyota and State Farm to Receive Top National Urban League Honors
Grammy Nominee Raheem Devaughn, NBC Anchor Sheinelle Jones Take The Stage For Equal Opportunity Dinner NEW YORK - New York...
Kirk, Ayotte Lead Bipartisan Letter to President on Potential ISIS Infiltration of Syrian Refugee Flow
ISIS Terror Attacks in Paris Claimed 129 Lives At Least One Attacker Reportedly Infiltrated Syrian Refugee Flow to Enter Europe ...
Bridge Program to Develop Leadership in Black Communities Announced by Amara Enyia, Rep. Davis
Chicago Community organizer and Austin Chamber of Commerce Director Amara Enyia announced an African American leadership development program for Chicago’s...