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 
In a position to choose between God or Satan?
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Electronic Funk Band, Sonic Phunk, releases Sophomore Album “Straight To The Top”
-- Same Phunk... Second Chapter -- Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Nationwide (BlackNews.com) – Sonic Phunk...
Illinois announces Green Schools Award program
State Board of Education accepting nominations from schools taking a comprehensive approach to environmental education and management SPRINGFIELD, IL —...
Protest to demand charges be dropped against Rasmea Odeh
(From The Committee to Stop FBI Repression) Palestinian community organizations and Palestine solidarity groups will picket today outside the Chicago...
Simon urges support for marriage equality
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Palestinian woman arrested in Chicago by agents of Department of Homeland Security; charged with immigration fraud
(From The Committee to Stop FBI Repression) A Palestinian woman, Rasmieh Odeh, was arrested at her home this morning by...
EEOC struggles to curb employers’ indiscriminate use of criminal background checks
(The Sentencing Project) In August, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) responded to a letter from nine State Attorneys General...
Chicago International Film Festival presents First Q Hugo Film Awards
Films from Taiwan, The Netherlands and Finland take home the First Q Hugo Film Awards CHICAGO, IL – The 49th Chicago...
IDOT announces Public Webinars to help plan future transportation program
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Illinois State Board of Education to unveil new, more user-friendly School Report Card
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