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 
Loretta Lynch for U.S. Attorney General!
By Marc Morial President & CEO, National Urban League This week, Senate confirmation hearings were held for President Obama’s nomination...
Illinois Unemployment Rate Drops to 6.2 Percent
CHICAGO, IL – The Illinois unemployment rate decreased 0.2 percentage points to 6.2 percent in December. Nonfarm payroll employment gained...
Racially Profiled Youth to File Lawsuit Against City of Chicago
Community Groups Stand Behind Arrested Affordable Care Act Canvassers, Demand Protection of Constitutional Rights CHICAGO, IL - On Tuesday, February...
Citizens to Elect Susan Sadlowski Garza Suspend Campaign Activities & Puts Community First!
The Susan Sadlowski Garza campaign for 10th Ward Alderman was put on hold during Sunday's winter storm. Instead of talking to the...
Illinois State Board of Education Seeks Sponsors/Sites for Summer Food Programs
Programs ensure low-income students are well fed when school is out SPRINGFIELD, IL – The thermometer might suggest otherwise, but...
“Whistling Vivaldi†Author to Speak at Northwestern
Claude Steele to deliver one book one Northwestern Keynote Acclaimed author of “Whistling Vivaldi†to discuss the unexpected effects of...
Submit Entries for the 2015 Knight-Risser Prize for Western Environmental Journalism
From New America Media A special invitation from NAM partner The John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships at Stanford： Deadline: March...
Telephone Fraud on the Rise: Consumers Beware, Warns Better Business Bureau
CHICAGO, IL - There are hundreds of scams targeting consumers every day. Among them are phantom debt, fake lotteries, work-at-home,...
U.S. Energy Department Award Will Enable Cook County, Partners To Identify Opportunities for Advancing Solar Power
The Cook County Department of Environmental Control will receive a federal cooperative award of $1.2 million to help bring “community...
Young Sickle Cell Patients Gain Alternative Treatment to Blood Transfusions
Daily medication reduces stroke risk and avoids side effects of transfusions; called "major advancement" Dr. Russell Ware, MD PhD, director...