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 
Quick to Punish
Catalyst Chicago By Sarah Karp Cory Warren and a group of his classmates at Phillips Academy High School had a...
Bipartisan Efforts for National Felony Disenfranchisement Reform
Disenfranchisement News (From the Sentencing Project) National: Bipartisan Efforts for National Felony Disenfranchisement Reform With over 5.8 million Americans barred...
IDHFS Collects More Than $1 Billion for 10th Straight Year
New record set for FY14 SPRINGFIELD, IL – The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services announced that total fiscal...
The Better Business Bureau Issues Alert On Loan Scam
CHICAGO, IL - Despite an improving economy, thousands of individuals still find themselves cash strapped. Armed with that knowledge, scammers...
California Couple Fined $500 for Conserving Water?
Action Alert! California is suffering from one of its worst droughts in decades -- so why did a Southern California...
New York Times Bestselling Author to Appear at State Fair
Award winning author hosts public reading in Lt. Governor’s tent SPRINGFIELD, IL — Illinois Lt. Governor Sheila Simon’s tent on...
War on Progress: The New Threat to America’s Future
Marc H. Morial, President & CEO of the National League gives keynote address at the 104th National Urban League Annual...
Madigan Joins $35 Million Settlement with Pfizer
Madigan & 41 Attorneys General Reach Settlement Over Illegal Marketing of Kidney Transplant Drug Rapamune CHICAGO, IL – Illinois Attorney...
NAACP Recognizes the 49th Anniversary of Voting Rights Act of 1965
WASHINGTON, DC – The NAACP has released the following statement on the 49th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of...
Civil Rights Activist Essie “Rerun” Berry Tells NYPD, Judges and District Attorneys that “Enough is Enough”
Innocent Man Sentenced to 23 Years Queens, NY (BlackNews.com) -- Civil rights activist Essie "Rerun" Berry, also widow of Fred...