Denver’s 2nd Black Mayor Honors Late Developer and Philanthropist With Historic Property Purchase 
Ohio Program Helps 91 At-Risk Youth Find Jobs and Avoid Trouble 
Woman-Owned Network Awards $25K to Pitch Competition Winner from Sage Foundation 
Scholar Named 15th President of Tougaloo College 
24/7 Caregiver Support Line to Address Care Gap for Black Families 
Federal Court Ruling Affirms Chicago’s Welcoming City Policies, Strikes Another Blow to Administration’s Anti-Immigrant Agemda
CHICAGO, IL – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled that the Department of Justice cannot...
State Education Board Backs up Charges that Emanuel’s Hand-Picked School Bosses Shortchanged Special Education
Bombshell findings back up charges by teachers, parents, grassroots activists that mayor’s school execs wrongly denied services to schoolchildren,...
OP-ED: I Say No to a Starbucks Boycott
By Jerroll Sanders Jerroll Sanders Starbucks has proven to be one of America's most responsible corporate citizens. In 2014 following...
Expanded Investigation Into Multi-State E. coli Infections Linked to Romaine Lettuce
SPRINGFIELD, IL – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the...
Grantseekers: Chicago Teachers Union Foundation is Accepting LOIs for 2019 Funding Cycle
Letter of Intent (LOI) Deadline: April 30, 2018, 5:00 PM (CT) Letter of Intent (LOI) Request Guidelines Grant...
Democratic Party to Hold Organizational Meeting
SPRINGFIELD, IL – Democratic Party of Illinois Chairman Michael J. Madigan announced that the party would be holding an organizational meeting...
Nursing Home Violations for First Quarter 2018
SPRINGFIELD, IL – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced the 2018 First Quarterly Report of Nursing Home Violators...
8th Ward Alderman Downplays Pill Hill Residents Opposition to Proposed Low Income Section 8 Housing Coming to Ward
A Press Conference in opposition to the proposed Senior building will be held in front of the alderman’s office...
Starbucks Arrests Show Implicit Bias is Hiding in Plain Sight
By Marc H. Morial President & CEO National Urban League “Those of us who bear the brunt of...
Chicago Ranks in the Top 36% of Cities with the Most Overleveraged Mortgage Debtors – WalletHub Study
With mortgage rates slowly climbing but still low, and with demand for homes exceeding supply, the free-credit-score website WalletHub today...