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 
Harris and Harris Wealth Management Partners with Black Benefactors for Night of Giving
Bowie, MD - On Saturday, November 1, 2014, Harris and Harris Wealth Management will host a "Night of Giving Event"...
Modest Social Security COLA Crucial for American Families
Social Security Key 2014 Election Issue WASHINGTON, DC - AARP CEO Jo Ann Jenkins offered the following statement in reaction...
Early Voting is Alive in Illinois: Get With the Program, Get to the Polls Early and Vote
Early Voting Dates and Locations SOURCE: Illinois Board of Elections - http://www.elections.il.gov/infoforvoters.aspx Early voting in Illinois started October 20 and...
Local African American Leaders Honored in Memory of Whitney M. Young, Jr. and in Support of Local At-Risk Youth
CHICAGO, IL -Â To commemorate a life of service the 6th annual Whitney M. Young, Jr. Service Awards Dinner, hosted...
Madigan, Dept. of Revenue: Tax Fraud Operation Nets $100 Million
Ongoing Initiative Recovers $100 Million, 50 Charged Statewide for Unpaid Sales Tax Fraud CHICAGO, IL – Illinois Attorney General Lisa...
New Poll Reveals Overwhelming Majority of Doctors Concerned About Antibiotics Use on Healthy Animals
Illinois PIRG, Consumers Union and local Northwestern and U of Chicago doctors will release a new Consumer Reports poll that...
Two Months, No Special Prosecutor: Demand Gov. Nixon and Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster Appoint a Special Prosecutor to Investigate Michael Brown’s Shooting
Demand the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate Michael Brown's shooting From: Cornell William Brooks President and CEO NAACP...
Youth Depression a ‘Tough Pill’ for Indian American Parents to Swallow
New America Media First Person, Viji Sundaram Editor’s Note: As in other immigrant communities, open discussion of mental health issues...
ISBE to Recognize Exemplary Educators October 25 at `Those Who Excel’ Banquet
Outstanding Early Career Educator Named NORMAL, IL – More than 230 educators and school staff members will be recognized later...
Jesse White Announces Discovery of the 1840 Menard County Census
Abraham Lincoln acquaintances listed in census Illinois Secretary of State and State Archivist Jesse White announced that his office has...