Alabama’s First Black Woman-Founded College Expands 
Destiny’s Child Reimagined Tribute Honors Legacy, Sisterhood, and Timeless Music 
Actress Dawnn Lewis’ Foundation Sponsors Elementary STEM Clubs for Underserved Chicago Students 
Young Author’s “Beautiful Dreams” Becoming a Reality as Books Earn International Awards 
Celebrity Red Carpet Correspondent Covers Carolina Soul Music Awards 
Munger: State to Begin Making Early Intervention Payments
CHICAGO, IL – Comptroller Leslie Geissler Munger announced Wednesday that her office is setting up accounts and will immediately begin...
Kirk Joins Gillibrand, Schumer, Jon Stewart to Champion 9/11 Health Bill
170 Illinoisans Enrolled in World Trade Center Health Program Which Is in Need of Reauthorization WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator...
State Board Approves Threshold Scores on New PARCC Assessment
First batch of state-level preliminary results released for baseline year SPRINGFIELD, IL — The Illinois State Board of Education voted...
South Side Credit Union CEO Asks Clergy to Promote Save and Black Program
Calls for Buy Black campaign By Chinta Strausberg Asking churches to practice what they preach and to lead the way...
Author Says “Urban Fiction Books Today Glorify Ghetto”
"There is absolutely nothing wrong with ghetto but fantasy and fiction should lead readers to new places, take them on...
Illinois Department Of Public Health Completes Maternal-Child Health Assessment
 Analysis Indicates Need For Expanded Mental Health Services SPRINGFIELD, IL - Every five years the Illinois Department of Public Health...
City of Chicago Department of Business Affairs & Consumer Protection Offers Free Business Workshops
The City of Chicago Department of Business Affairs & Consumer Protection (BACP)Â offers FREE business workshops every Wednesday and Friday at...
Celebrating Immigrants’ Contributions on Constitution Week
New America Media By Leon Rodriguez Traducción al español This week we celebrate Constitution Week, a time to reflect on...
HotHouse Presents the Chicago Premiere of THIS AIN’T NO MOUSE MUSIC Plus Selected Films by Acclaimed Documentary Film Maker Les Blank
All day symposium examines pioneering work in "field recordings" of American Roots music  HotHouse, in collaboration with Columbia College's...
Black Youth Project 100 (BYP100) Statement on IPRA Recommendation to Fire Servin
BYP100 Statement: CHICAGO, IL - On September 16, 2015, the Chicago Independent Police Review Authority (IPRA) recommended that Dante Servin...