Health Experts in Sickle Cell Disease to Convene at 2026 Annual Convention 
Teens Launch Mobile Farm to Inspire the Next Generation of Agriculture Enthusiasts 
NAACP DuPage County Announces its 68th Annual Freedom Fund Gala to Honor Leaders and Changemakers 
Attorney General, Illinois Department of Labor Remind Hearthside Child Laborers to File Claims for Compensation 
Singer Joe to Headline 6th Annual Star 94.5 Heart & Soul Music Festival 
Don’t Gut Obamacare: Sign the Petition
Letters to Editors U.S. Senator Al Franken Minnesota I know our warnings about right-wing attacks on the Affordable Care Act...
Former Urban High School Principal, Baruti Kafele, Writes Book for Today’s Principals Toward Inspiring Schoolwide Excellence
Jersey City, NJ (BlackNews.com) –  Being a school principal is tough, and if one is a current or aspiring principal...
Policing Black Communities
By Cornell William Brooks President & CEO, NAACP No civil rights charges for Wilson. Systematic discrimination within Ferguson Police Department...
Attorney General Madigan Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Overturn Bans on Same-Sex Marriage
Amicus Brief Argues Laws Barring Same-Sex Couples from Marrying are Unconstitutional CHICAGO, IL – Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan joined...
President Obama’s Remarks at the 50th Anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery Marches
Edmund Pettus Bridge Selma, Alabama Audience Member: We love you, President Obama! President Barack Obama: Well, you know I love...
DOJ’s Recent Investigation: In Chicago We Are Ferguson Magnified Many Times
From: Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression Analysis of the Department of Justice's Investigation of the Ferguson Police Department...
February’s Jobs Report is Encouraging News: Ron Busby, Sr., President, U.S. Black Chambers, Inc.
Busby’s  response to February Jobs Report February's jobs report is encouraging news. With 295,000 jobs created last month and the...
Illinois Celebrates AmeriCorps Week
March 9-13, 2015 designated as a week to recognize 3,700 volunteers SPRINGFIELD, IL – Each year, the nation celebrates the...
TimeLine Theatre’s Chicago Premiere of INANA, Michele Lowe’s Timely Tale of Middle Eastern Culture and Romance, The Next High-Profile Project for Acclaimed Broadway Director Kimberly Senior, Runs May 6 – July 26, 2015
CHICAGO, IL — As the world is shocked by news reports and video images of antiquities and literary treasures being destroyed...
Opening ReMARCs – Countdown to 2015 State of Black America Report!
By Marc Morial President & CEO, National Urban League It’s almost here! Our seminal State of Black America report, now...