Chicago Park District Opens Summer Job Applications in Time for First of Four Teen Opportunity Fairs for Ages 13 & Up 
Former Mayor Calls for Accuracy in Water Crisis Narrative 
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 
Vice President Joe Biden’s Statement on the 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act
Our task to protect the fundamental right to vote is as critical today as it was fifty years ago when...
State Education and Health Agencies Issue Reminder for Immunizations as Students Prepare for New School Year
August marks National Immunization Awareness Month SPRINGFIELD, IL — As students are preparing to head back to school, the Illinois...
Tell the Federal Reserve: Don’t Raise Interest Rates
Letters to Editors Petition to the Federal Reserve: "Don’t raise interest rates while many Americans are still struggling. Working families...
Governor Rauner Signs Juvenile Justice Reform Legislation
SPRINGFIELD, IL –Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice (IDJJ) Director Candice Jones commended Governor Bruce Rauner for signing a package of...
The Congressional Black Caucus Recognizes the 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressional Black Caucus Chairman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) released the following statement commemorating the 50th anniversary of...
President Preckwinkle and Commissioner Garcia Announce New $500,000 Fund for Restorative Justice
Funding is meant to stop violence and provide alternatives to jail CHICAGO, IL - Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle...
Collins Votes to Release Federal Funds and Keep WIC Offices Open
Also funds cancer screenings, LIHEAP, job training, addiction services and more SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois State Senator Jacqueline Y. Collins...
NAACP Statement on President Obama’s Clean Power Plan
WASHINGTON, DC – The NAACP has released the following statement applauding President Obama for his historic proposal to curb US...
Arise Above Abuse: President Obama’s 2014 Grammy Speech Inspires Release of Independent Artists’ Compelling New Spoken-Word & Music Album
Produced by a team of independent artists the nation over, ‘Arise Above Abuse, Artists Speak Out For Women’ uses spoken-word...
Fathers Incorporated Launches “The Honorable Man” Campaign to Encourage 20,000 Black Fathers to Represent at the Upcoming Million Man March
Atlanta, GA (BlackNews.com) – It has been nearly 20 years since the historic Million Man March in October of 1995....