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 
Women’s Business Development Center Hosts Free Webinars in December
CHICAGO, IL – Free webinars offered in December by the Women’s Business Development Center (WBDC) from 12 to 1 p.m....
Illinois State Board of Education Awards $33 million to Support Before- and After-School Enrichment Programs
Eighty-seven applicants receive 21st Century Community Learning Center grants SPRINGFIELD, IL – The Illinois State Board of Education approved grants...
The National Urban League Combats Unemployment in Philadelphia With Its “Jobs Rebuild America” Campaign
- A 50-City, $100 Million Public-Private-Nonprofit Partnership Effort to Put America Back to Work – - $1 Million Multi-Year Community...
Justice Department Selects First Ever Indian Country Legal Fellow to Serve in the District of Arizona
U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. announced that Charisse Arce, of Bristol Bay, Alaska, has been selected as the...
Black Expert Speaks Out on Global Warming
The coming global warming catastrophe and how to prosper before it arrives By Marvin Wilcher Nationwide -- The effects of...
Booker T. Washington’s Great-Granddaughter Tells Her Empowering Story of Rising Up to Claim Her Great Family Legacy
Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- Solid Rock Book Publishing has published Rising Up From The Blood: A Legacy Reclaimed - A Bridge...
Why They Call It a Labor ‘Market’: What the President Got Wrong
By William Spriggs With millions of people's lives in limbo because of our dysfunctional and misaligned immigration system, President Barack...
President Obama’s Weekly Address: Ensuring Americans Feel the Gains of a Growing Economy
WASHINGTON, DC — In this week’s address, the President highlighted the good news in Friday’s jobs report – that American...
NAACP Response to November Unemployment Numbers
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the monthly employment situation report for the month of November. Though the total nonfarm...
Give the Gift of Health this Holiday Season
The Illinois Department of Public Health encourages flu vaccinations to protect you and your family SPRINGFIELD, IL – As we...