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 
Urban League: Every Child Achieves Act Leaves Children Behind
NEW YORK – National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial has issued the following statement on passage of...
Department on Aging and State’s Senior Health Insurance Program (SHIP) Commemorate Medicare 50th Anniversary
SHIP is a free statewide health insurance counseling service for Medicare beneficiaries and their caregivers SPRINGFIELD, IL – In commemoration...
Downstate Illinois Still Lagging in Job Growth
Unemployment Rates Continue Falling in All Metro Areas Not Seasonally Adjusted Unemployment Rates CHICAGO, IL – June was the 16th...
Comedy Underground Stand-Up Series Streaming Soon on UMC
Urban Movie Channel to Release Four Volumes of the Comedy Underground Series Featuring Flex Alexander as Part of Fall Out...
Trusted Health Plan, the Only Black-Owned Medicaid Managed Care Provider, to Speak at National Urban League Conference
Washington, DC (BlackNews.com) – Trusted Health Plan, the only Black Owned Medicaid Managed Care Provider in the nation, has been...
The State Commission on Criminal Justice & Sentencing Reform to Hold Public Hearing
The State Commission on Criminal Justice & Sentencing Reform will hold a public hearing on its work to safely reduce...
Citizens Call For an End to Solitary Confinement in Illinois
From: Uptown People’s Law Center Protest Rally will be held 7/23, 2015 at the Thompson Center (Clark & Randolph) CHICAGO,...
Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression Demands the End of IPRA and its “Agenda” of Police Impunity
The Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression with Chicagoans from across the city will demand the end of IPRA...
President Obama Nominates Judge Leonard Terry Strand to Serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa
WASHINGTON, DC – President Obama nominated Judge Leonard Terry Strand to serve on the United States District Court for the...
Kirk Backs Dart in Fight With Human Trafficking Site Backpage
Calls on Department of Justice to Shut Site Down for Good WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) released...