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 
Halloween Partiers, Beware: Costumes Won’t Stop Police from Catching Impaired Drivers This Weekend
Don’t let the night get scary – keep the party off the road CHICAGO, IL – The Illinois Department of...
City Council Budget Votes Puts Interests of Wall Street Banks Above Neighborhood Residents
Letters to Editors Grassroots Collaborative CHICAGO, IL - The Chicago City Council passed Mayor Emanuel’s 2016 budget by a vote...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Kirk Again Asks Attorney General Lynch to Investigate Web Site Advertising Sex
WASHINGTON, IL – After a Streamwood, Ill., man was arrested for using Backpage.com to engage in the sex-trafficking of a 15-year-old girl, Senator Mark...
NAACP President and CEO: Video of School Resource Officer Violently Flipping, Tossing and Thereafter Banging the Head of a Young Girl in Her South Carolina Classroom is Offensive
NAACP President releases statement on S. Carolina School Resource Officer Baltimore, Md - NAACP President and CEO Cornell William Brooks...
Black Women Leaders Outraged By Police Violence Against S.C. Student
By Hazel Trice Edney (TriceEdneyWire.com) - Leading Black women across the nation are expressing outrage this week over the...
Community Organizations: Community Policing is Not the Answer
Activists and Community Organizations Release Report on Community Policing in Response to President’s Recommendations for Policing. CHICAGO, IL - On...
Clifford Law Offices Files Lawsuit Against Uber for Driving Against Traffic and Injuring Passenger
Clifford Law Offices, a nationally renowned personal injury firm, filed a lawsuit (Oct. 26, 2015) against Uber and an Uber...
In the Midst of Grief, Loss of NYPD Officer Prompts Examination of Sentencing Options
NEW YORK -- National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial issued the following statement in response to...
Congressional Black Caucus and Joint Economic Committee Democrats Hold Public Forum and Press Conference in New York
The American Dream on Hold: Economic Challenges in the African American Community Congressional Black Caucus and Joint Economic Committee Democrats...
House Passes Kirk-Heitkamp Ex-Im Reform Bill with Supermajority
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) issued the following statement after the House passed, with a supermajority of...