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 
Local Attorneys Volunteer to Watchdog Chicago Police
From: First Defense Legal Aid The recent killing of Mike Brown, a Black youth in Ferguson, Missouri has a nation...
Former Teacher and Coach Convicted of Sexually Abusing Minor
A south suburban school teacher and coach has been convicted of repeatedly sexually abusing a 14-year-old female student, according to...
Chicago Jews Say NO! to Israeli War Criminals At JUF
Jewish Voice for Peace-Chicago members say they will interrupt former Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren to say “shame on you†at...
Phony Government Grant Scam Targets Northern Illinois Residents, Warns the Better Business Bureau
CHICAGO, IL -Â A steady stream of scams have been reported to the Better Business Bureau (BBB) throughout the summer...
Chicago NLG Legal Observer® Arrested While Documenting Ongoing Police Violence in Ferguson
At approximately 12:30 AM on August 20, St. Louis County Police arrested Max Suchan, a Legal Observer® with the National...
Communist Party USA Calls for United Militant Non-Violent Action of Civil Rights, Youth, Labor and Communities to Address Ferguson Crisis
Letters To Editors From: John Bachtell, National Chairman  CPUSA Let us turn grief and anger into action and change The...
Chicago Human Rhythm Project Celebrates 25th Anniversary Jubalee Oct. 7 at Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park
JUBA! Awards Presented to Chicago Philanthropists Patti Eylar and Charlie Gardner and The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation...
NAACP Returns to United Nations for CERD to Discuss Critical Civil Rights Issues
NAACP leaders return to Geneva for the United Nations review of the United States’ progress on its obligations to reduce...
The Family of 19-Year-Old Keith Warren Found Hung on a Tree 29 Years Ago in 1986 Seek to Have Case Re-Opened
Washington, DC (BlackNews.com) -- Sean Bell. Amadou Diallo. Trayvon Martin. Keith Warren. These four men and countless others have no...
Yet Another Sore Spot
By Dr. William E. Spriggs On Aug. 9, police in Ferguson, Missouri shot Michael Brown to death, an unarmed Black...