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 
June Unemployment Rate in Illinois Falls to 7.1 Percent as State Adds 6,000 Jobs
Lowest Rate Since October 2008 CHICAGO, IL – The Illinois unemployment rate fell in June for the fourth consecutive month...
Viewing and Discussion of Anita Hill: Speaking Truth to Power
Screening of documentary that chronicles Anita Hill’s groundbreaking sexual harassment testimony, followed by a speak out, August 5, 2014 at...
Educate Yourself about Student Loan Programs to Avoid Scams, Says BBB
CHICAGO, IL -Â The excitement and promise of attending college and getting a degree too often turn into heartache and...
Teamwork Englewood Announces New Executive Director
Teamwork Englewood (TWE), lead agency for LISC Chicago’s New Communities Program and a catalyst for positive change in the Englewood...
Traveling Back in Time: 1994 Crime Confab Attracts Leaders Seeking Community “Solution”
By Chinta Strausberg & Rev. Harold E. Bailey Let's travel back in time. Can God do it again? In July...
Neilsen Expands Communications Leadership Team With Key Media Relations Hire
New York, NY (BlackNews.com) -- Nielsen announced that Andrew McCaskill has joined Nielsen as Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications. He...
Father Pfleger Blasts GOP’s Use of ‘Circus Tactics’ in Feds Probe of Youth Program
“Don’t play games with our children’ By Chinta Strausberg Defending Gov. Pat Quinn’s embattled Neighborhood Recovery Initiative (NRI) being probed...
President Obama and Vice President Biden Meet With Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden met with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus in the Eisenhower Executive...
Senator Kirk Testifies at Senate Hearing: Stop Sewage Dumping in the Great Lakes
Subcommittee Moves Kirk's Great Lakes Legislation to Protect Drinking Water Highlights Dirty Dozen, Top Polluters in the Great Lakes WASHINGTON,...
Atty. General Madigan: Winnebago County Man Arrested for Child Pornography
CHICAGO, IL ─ Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced charges against a Winnebago County man on multiple counts of distributing...