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 
Major George W. Ford Exhibit to Open During Black History Month at Temecula Valley Museum 
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...
The New ‘Realities’ Dictate a New Direction
 By William Spriggs  This week, the Center for American Progress (CAP), a think-tank closely associated with President Obama's...
Father Michael Pfleger: “We got a war going on out there’
Needs ‘boots on the ground’ to combat violence   By Chinta Strausberg  Beginning with the elders and referring to...