Singer Joe to Headline 6th Annual Star 94.5 Heart & Soul Music Festival 
Helmet Technology by Black Inventor and Ex-Football Player Among Those Recognized at NFL Symposium 
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 
Massive Expansion of Police Misconduct Data Tool in Chicago
Citizens Police Data Project quadruples in size, adds shooting and use of force history From: The Invisible Institute Now contains...
Bill to Boost Women-Owned and Minority-Owned Businesses Becomes Law
SPRINGFIELD, IL — Legislation, proposed by Illinois Comptroller Susana A. Mendoza, requiring Constitutional Officers to aspire to the same goals...
Advocates Call for a Moratorium on Expressway Expansion in Chicagoland
Data shows Chicago region is growing more car dependent amid failed attempts to relieve congestion by building and expanding roads...
Attorney General Madigan Announces Multistate Lawsuit Challenging Federal Administration’s Family Separation Policy
President’s Executive Order Does Not Fix Unlawful & Cruel Policy CHICAGO, IL – Illinois Attorney General Lisa...
Fatherless Daughters Network Helping Black Women and Others Worldwide to Find Hope, Help and Healing
Angela Patterson, founder of the Fatherless Daughters Network, and her new book Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- The Fatherless Daughters Network is...
NAACP Committed to Countering Disenfranchisement of Voters in Wake of Husted Decision
BALTIMORE — The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the nation’s premier civil rights organization released the following...
Attorney General Madigan Reacts to Federal Administration’s Inhumane Immigration Policies
CHICAGO, IL – Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan issued the following statement in response to the federal administration’s recently announced...
Coming This Sunday: A Sizzling Hot Father’s Day Event! Real Men Cook Father’s Day Celebration
WHAT: REAL MEN COOK - The largest, longest-running and most anticipated urban-oriented Father’s Day celebration where “real men” from all walks of...
Real Men Cook to Host Outdoors Celebration and The First Indoor Upscale Sitdown Dinner at Quarry
Real Men Cook will continue its 29-year tradition of men cooking and serving their special dishes to the public in...
State Reps. Welch, Harmon Fight to Bring Greater Protections for Immigrants, Stand Up to Trump’s Extremism
SPRINGFIELD, IL – In an effort to fight back against Donald Trump’s hateful anti-immigrant rhetoric, state Rep. Emanuel “Chris”...