Celebrity Red Carpet Correspondent Covers Carolina Soul Music Awards 
Dessert Food Truck Owner Launches 2026 Scholarship Program 
Lead Singer on Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues Experience National Tour 
Hollywood Star Helps Launch National Self-Defense Movement for Women and Girls 
Woman Helping Veterans Transition into High-Impact Careers 
Local Jazz Greats plan fundraiser to honor the city’s “Pit Bull†of Jazz
CHICAGO, IL – Ad man Tom Burrell describes her as a “Pit Bull.â€Â And that is an apt description for...
Religious Liberty and Inclusion
 By Julian Bond By the mid-1960s, the civil rights movement had made significant cultural, legal and political progress in advancing...
Businesswoman, Advocate releases “When Trouble Finds Youâ€
  A Message of Hope in a moving testimonial  After losing her father at seven, Toni L. Coleman Carter's life...
Understanding the Need for Full Employment
 By William Spriggs  Last week, the Social Security Trust Fund report was released. One of its more telling...
Don’t be pressured into immediate decisions following a property loss, Better Business Bureau advises
CHICAGO, IL - When homeowners or business owners experience a property loss such as a fire or flood, they are...
Casting is complete for Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s Chicago-premiere production of Tribes by Nina Raine
CHICAGO, IL – Casting is complete for Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s Chicago-premiere production of Tribes by Nina Raine. Ensemble member Austin...
State of Equality and Justice in America: 50th Anniversary of Medgar Evers’ Assassination Reminds Us of Civil Rights Work That Remains
The 18th op-ed of a 20-part series   Opportunity for Young Activists to Address Unmet Needs By Barbara R....
Rev. Jesse Jackson is the main speaker today at White House protest on Anniversary of the War on Drugs
Day of Direct Action Amidst growing disaffection in some quarters of Black America with President Obama's failure to directly address...
Moral Mondays: A Model Grassroots Movement
By Benjamin Todd Jealous President/CEO of the NAACPÂ On April 29, seventeen dedicated activists were arrested for civil disobedience at...
Torture cop called to testify in Serrano-Montanez hearing for a new trial Monday
(From the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression)  Armando Serrano  and Jose Montanez will have a hearing on...