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 
Surge in Canine Flu Cases Demands Extra Precautions by Pet Owners
Cook County Department of Animal and Rabies Control (CCDARC) is cautioning dog owners that a recent increase in reported cases...
Madigan Assigns Teams to Monitor Elections
CHICAGO, IL — Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced that 170 teams of assistant attorneys general and investigators from her...
Rep. Flowers, Activist Lawyer, Minister Pushing for a Huge Voter Turnout Today!
Davis miffed at mayor for dissing black agenda By Chinta Strausberg Today’s special run-off will be high stakes politics in...
NIJC Calls on Illinois Gov. Rauner to Restore Funding for Immigrant Services
(From the Heartland Alliance’s National Immigrant Justice Center) Cuts Hurt Families, Deprive Illinois Residents of Immigration’s Fiscal Benefits Statement by...
President Obama’s Statement on the 21st Anniversary of the Genocide in Rwanda
Twenty-one years ago today, a genocide began that would claim the lives of more than 800,000 Rwandan men, women, and...
Kirk Issues Statement on America’s and Iran’s Dueling and Contradictory Frameworks for a Final Deal
CHICAGO, IL - U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) issued the following statement on separate factsheets by the United States and...
The NAACP Extends its Deepest Condolences to the Family and Community of Civil Rights Icon, Dr. Gardner C. Taylor
NAACP statement on the passing of Dr. Gardner Calvin Taylor Baltimore, Md. – Dr. Gardner Calvin Taylor, noted pastor, civil...
Regina Taylor Marks 20 Years at Goodman Theatre With a Play for the Digital Age, Stop. Reset, Premiering in Chicago May 23 – June 21
Thematically-Linked Engagement Efforts for Stop Reset Meld Tech and Theater, Spark Cross-Community Conversation Across Chicago CHICAGO, IL – Goodman Theatre...
GOP Chair Files Complaint Alleging Discrimination Against Black Republicans in Chicago
From: Defend the Vote According to Illinois election laws, every polling place must have a 1:2 or a 2:3 ratio of...
CBC Chairman G. K. Butterfield Remembers the Life and Legacy of Dr. Gardner C. Taylor
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressional Black Caucus Chairman G. K. Butterfield issued the following statement on the passing of Civil...