Attorney General Raoul Vows to Continue Case Against Live Nation/Ticketmaster for Illegally Monopolizing Live Entertainment Industry 
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 
President Obama to Award the Medal of Honor
On July 21, 2014, President Barack Obama will award Ryan M. Pitts, a former active duty Army Staff Sergeant, the...
ReMARCs: Freedom Summer – Then And Now
By Marc Morial President & CEO, National Urban League This month marks 50 years since the seminal events of Freedom...
Caller ID Spoofing Scams Are On The Rise, Says Better Business Bureau
CHICAGO, IL - Consumers have reported receiving calls which appear to be from local area businesses; however, the Better Business...
NAACP Testifies Before Congress, Holds Rallies Nationwide to Protect Voting Rights for All
One year after the Shelby County v. Holder decision, nation’s largest civil rights organization cites dangers of Americans losing their...
July is African American Bone Marrow Awareness Month
Be The Match® urges African Americans to sign up to save lives Minneapolis, MN (BlackNews.com) -- Josh Biyoyouwei suffered a...
My Strength: Uplifting Book of Poetry Invigorates Readers; Exposing Solace & Peace of Mind
Written directly from the heart, Debra George serves up an abundance of inspiration in ‘MY STRENGTH: (The book of poems...
Navy Veteran from Montgomery Honored as Illinois Veteran of the Month
AURORA, IL – On December 23, 1966, Herschel “Lucky†Luckinbill was just that, when shells from hostile North Vietnamese shore...
Congressional Black Caucus Chair Applauds Senate Confirmation of Two African American Judges to U.S. District Court
CBC Chair Marcia L. Fudge's Statement on Senate Confirmation of Judge Darrin P. Gayles and Judge Staci Yandle WASHINGTON, DC...
NAACP, Coalition Partners Reaffirm Unified Support for the Voting Rights Amendment Act at Press Conference
Washington, D.C. -- Civil rights leaders held a press conference on Capitol Hill reaffirming their unified support for the Voting...
Kirk and Stepfather of Illinois Hero Felled Searching for Bergdahl Demand Answers from President Obama on Guantanamo Detainee Release
Kirk Led 11 Senators in a Demand to Stop Releasing Terrorists CHICAGO, IL – U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and...