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 
Kirk-Brown Budget Amendment to Immediately Impose Sanctions on Iran Passes Senate Unanimously
Senate Agrees Iranian Regime Must Be Accountable If It Cheats on Nuclear Agreements WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) celebrated...
Bigger than Hoops, L.A. Based Youth-Basketball Program Honors Over 40 Middle School Student Athletes
By Nickey Woods, M.Ed. Los Angeles, CA (BlackNews.com) – On Saturday, March 28, 2015, Ryan Silver, president of Earl Watson...
Howard Saffold and Harold Winston to be Honored Among First Defense Legal Aid’s “20 for 20″
Howard Saffold, a founding FDLA Board Member and 25-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department (CPD), led change from within...
Dan Ponce and Ji Suk Yi to Host 51st Chicago International Film Festival Television Awards
CHICAGO, IL - The 51st International Film Festival Television Awards, now in its 51st year, announced that Ji Suk Yi...
Study: Undocumented Immigrants Relying on ‘Luck’ to Stay Healthy
New America Media By Viji Sundaram BERKELEY, Calif. – Undocumented immigrants’ ability to stay healthy might come down to a...
Chicago Police Department Hit For Hiding Records About Officers Engaged in Perjury and Other Misconduct
State's Attorney Alvarez Shields Dirty Cops From Prosecution, Says Suit CHICAGO, IL – A civil rights attorney here filed suit...
VIDEO: Kirk Amendment Holds Iranian Regime Accountable
Kirk Displays Names of 290 American Citizens Murdered by Iran-Sponsored Hezbollah Terrorists WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.)...
Rep. Jan Schakowsky: Home Care Workers Deserve a Raise!
Across the US, nearly 5 million people support themselves, and their families, as home care workers. Â In Illinois, 163,000 workers...
NAACP Calls for Thorough and Fully Transparent Investigation into UVA Incident
Baltimore, MD - The NAACP national office joins the Virginia State Conference of the NAACP and the NAACP Virginia State...
President Obama Marks the Fifth Anniversary of the Affordable Care Act
South Court Auditorium Remarks by the President Marking the Fifth Anniversary of the Affordable Care Act President Barack Obama:Â Thank...