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 
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....
Raoul’s Juvenile Justice Reforms Become Law
SPRINGFIELD, IL — Illinois State Senator Kwame Raoul (D-Chicago 13th) applauded the signing of two pieces of legislation he sponsored...
Mumps Booster Shot Recommended for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Students
Illinois Department of Public Health, Champaign-Urbana Public Health District and University address mumps outbreak SPRINGFIELD, IL - The Illinois Department...
Free Jazz and Pop Concerts Take Center Stage at the MAC in August
Music takes center stage this August in the McAninch Arts Center's free Lakeside Pavilion Summer 2015 Series New 90.9fm WDCB...
President Obama Announces Clean Power Plan
President Barack Obama's Remarks in announcing the Clean Power Plan Well, good afternoon, everybody. Gina, I want to thank you...
County Board President Preckwinkle Supports President Obama’s Clean Power Plan
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle released the following statement in support of the Clean Power Plan "I applaud the...
Growing Momentum for Restoring the Right to Vote
Disenfranchisement News From The Sentencing Project Florida Presidential candidates' felony disenfranchisment records The felony disenfranchisement records of both Florida GOP...
Landmark Youth Concussions Measure Signed Into Law
SPRINGFIELD, IL — Illinois State Senator Kwame Raoul (D-Chicago 13th) and Sen. Dan Kotowski (D-Park Ridge) hailed the governor’s decision...