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 
Piccolo Theatre Opens Its 2014/2015 Season With SMASH
EVANSTON, IL - Piccolo Theatre Ensemble's 2014/2015 Season opens this August with SMASH, by Jeffrey Hatcher, based on the novel...
County Workshop to Focus on Business Opportunities for Veterans
Event open to all military vets and their dependents Cook County Department of Veterans Affairs will host a resource workshop...
Illinois Comptroller Topinka Launches New Mobile APP
Il Pays available for FREE now at Apple and Google Play stores CHICAGO - Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka launched...
State Senator Collins to CPS: ‘Restore Electrical Program or Don’t Come Back to Springfield’
By Chinta Strausberg Angered that the Simeon Career Academy has cut CPS’ only electrician’s training program, Illinois Senator Jacqueline Y....
MED Lifetime Achiever Sees New Black Agenda as Economic Empowerment
African-Americans, a 'Fourth Quarter People' By Hazel Trice Edney NBA President Michael Grant receiving award from MBDA National Director Alejandra...
The Merge Summit Returns for a Power Packed Sixth Year August 21-23
The weekend long program features top entertainers and industry executives including: Meagan Good, DeVon Franklin, Common, Michelle Williams, Sherri Shepherd,...
Unsafe at Any Age – Georgia’s New Gun Law vs. State Alzheimer’s Plan
New America Media By Toni P. Miles, MD ATLANTA—When Gov. Nathan Deal signed Georgia House Bill 60, called the Safe...
Former White House Press Secretary James Brady, dies
James Brady, White House Press Secretary under President Ronald Reagan has died. Brady was 73 years old. In an assassination...
National Urban League Supports FCC Efforts to Expand Diversity and Inclusion
National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial issued the following statement on today's Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decision...
DC Prepares for National Summit on Non-Violence: Saturday August 23, 2014
Washington, DC - "Changing the Culture of Violence" is the theme of the 2nd National Summit on Non-Violence, sponsored by...