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 
Emergency Response to U.S. Attack on Iraq
Protest today, Friday 8/8/14 at the Federal Plaza, Adams & Dearborn, 4:30 to 5:30 P.M. CHICAGO, IL - As U.S....
Candlelight Vigil for Gaza Saturday: A Call for Humanity
CHICAGO, IL -- On Saturday, August 9, there will be a peaceful and somber candlelight vigil in remembrance of all...
Milwaukee Man Wins $½ Million For Wrongful Stop & Frisk by Cops
MILWAUKEE -- A jury in federal court late awarded Leo Hardy, 40, just over half a million dollars for a...
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...