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 
10 Amazing Ways to Address and Deal With Police Brutality That You Won’t Hear About on CNN
By Orrin Hudson, Founder of Be Someone Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- Police brutality is alive and well, and the story is...
Marc H. Morial Responds to Grand Jury’s Decision to Not Indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the Chokehold Killing of Eric Garner
By Marc H. Morial President & CEO of the National Urban League “There are absolutely no words that can describe...
Justice Department and City of Cleveland Agree to Reform Division of Police After Finding a Pattern or Practice of Excessive Force
Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the Justice Department’s civil rights investigation into the use of force by the Cleveland...
NAACP Journey for Justice March Culminates at 1 p.m. Rally at Lewis and Clark Park in Jefferson City
Baltimore, MD – On Friday, December 5th, marchers from the NAACP, including President & CEO Cornell William Brooks, Missouri and...
Objections Filed Against Alderman Patrick J. O’Connor, 40th Ward Incumbent
CHICAGO, IL - Dianne Daleiden, aldermanic challenger in Chicago’s 40th Ward running against 32-year incumbent Patrick J. O’Connor, reacts to...
Race & Justice News: African Americans Experience Disproportionate Police Contact Across U.S.
(From The Sentencing Project) Policing Black Bostonians comprised 63% of police-civilian encounters between 2007 and 2010 although blacks made up...
Top Ten Scholarships for Black and Minority Students for 2015
Nationwide -- 2015 is expected to be a great year for students because a record-number of foundations and organizations are...
Civil Rights Activist Cornel West to Speak at North Central College Jan. 23
NAPERVILLE, IL – North Central College welcomes author, academic and provocative civil rights activist Dr. Cornel West Jan. 23 as...
Why President Obama Should Address Structural Racism and Monopoly in the $737 Billion Dollar Electric Power Industry
How GE Energy Financial Services, Southern California Edison and Magic Johnson Enterprises have all blocked and undermined my efforts to...
NAACP Deeply Disappointed Grand Jury Decided Not to Indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo
Baltimore, MD -- A grand jury has decided not to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo for the death of Eric Garner. ...