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 
People’s Law Office Files Suit Against CPD for its Torturous Patterns and Practices at Homan Square
Today, Attorneys Flint Taylor and Shubra Ohri of the People’s Law Office filed an eleven count complaint on behalf of...
Higher Education Summit to Tackle Inequity
Unveiling of Landmark Survey Kicks Off Two-Day Event By Marc Morial President & CEO, National Urban League ...
President Preckwinkle Appoints New Executive Director for County’s Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced the appointment of Ernest Brown to the post of executive director of the...
Illinois State Board of Education Announces 2016 Illinois Teacher of the Year
Kim Thomas of Peoria Public Schools District named 2016 Illinois Teacher of the Year  Normal, IL — The...
State’s Attorney Alvarez Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
In recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month, Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez recently recognized two individuals who have made significant...
Old and New Dreams: Hothouse Festival Announced
 Second Annual Two-Day Multi-arts Festival Features Array of Top Talent The second annual, two-day HotHouse Old and New Dreams...
Munger: Cash Shortage Requires State to Delay Pension Payment
Retirement systems to be paid in full by end of fiscal year CHICAGO, IL - Illinois Comptroller Leslie Geissler Munger...
State Senator Raoul: “Continuing to Skip Pension Payments is not an Optionâ€
SPRINGFIELD, IL — Illinois State Senator Kwame Raoul (D-Chicago 13th) issued the following statement in response to Comptroller Leslie Munger’s...
University of Chicago Students and Adjuncts Demand Union Rights and a Living Wage
At the University of Chicago, a coalition of undergraduates, graduate students, and adjunct professors demand union rights and a living...
Cook County Prosecutors Secure Natural Life Sentence for Attempted Murder of Chicago Police Officers
A Chicago man has been sentenced to Natural Life in prison for shooting multiple times at four Chicago Police Officers...