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 
New law means more funds go directly to alleviate foreclosure crisis
SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois State Senator Jacqueline Collins (D-Chicago 16th) was pleased to announce the signing of legislation she sponsored to...
Four men charged in cold-case kidnapping and murder
Four offenders reputed members of “Black Souls†and “Vice Lords†street gangs Four former or current Chicago street gang members...
Babyface, Natalie Cole, Music Benefit For Blacks With Kidney Disease
Breakthrough discovery in Kidney Disease among African-Americans inspires launch of "On The Vine" Music Festival Benefit  Ms. Natalie Cole...
Registration open for Tavis Smiley Foundation Leadership Institute
The 2013 Conference Theme Is ‘Teens: Too Important to Fail' Los Angeles, CA (BlackNews.com) -- What do a U.S. Department...
“Facing Angela” Premieres at the Athenaeum Theatre June 29-July 28, 2013.
In an exploration of the exhilaration and terror of change, five women play the same character in stages of destruction...
Virginia’s Restoration of Voting Rights: An American Issue
By Benjamin Todd Jealous President/CEO of the NAACP.  If we want to understand the importance of Virginia Governor Bob...
US and China Should Cooperate Over North Korean Headache
New America Media By George Koo President Barack Obama will meet China’s President Xi Jinping in an informal setting in...
Pastors join DFER-IL in pushing parent power via access to choice
Announce ‘Freedom Forums’ on ‘Sacred Ground’  By Chinta Strausberg  When you give families a choice, you give children...
Madigan: 30,000 Illinois borrowers to receive $43.3 million from National Foreclosure Settlement
 Attorney General Alerts Foreclosed Borrowers to Payments Mailed This Week    CHICAGO, IL — Illinois Attorney General...
Simon: Clock is ticking for municipal assault weapon bans
CHICAGO, IL – A month before the court-ordered deadline for a concealed carry law, Illinois Lt. Governor Sheila Simon is...