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 
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...
IT internships for low income young adults
National program offers Information Technology Internships (and jobs) to low income young adults Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- Year Up is a...
Five decades later, the Moynihan Report still holds revelations about black families and fathers
 "The Moynihan Report Revisited" Set to Release by the Open Society Foundations Campaign for Black Male Achievement, Fathers Incorporated and...
Amy Herzog’s edgy thriller, Belleville, brings Parisian flare to Steppenwolf Theatre Company this summer
Anne Kauffman directs Ensemble Members Alana Arenas and Kate Arrington with Chris Boykin and Cliff Chamberlain, June 27 – August 25,...
Free Angela and all Political Prisoners arrives on DVD, Digital Download and Video on Demand August 20th
  Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- A gripping historic account of the tumultuous events that befell African American activist, writer and...
An Ode to Fathers: Happy Father’s Day! To Fathers Everywhere
An Ode to Fathers By Juanita Bratcher Copyright® 2013 We know him as daddy At times we fondly call him dad...
Equal Marriage Rights Activists Target Mike Madigan for Protest
(From the Gay Liberation Network) Â Grassroots activists on a campaign to revive Illinois's equal marriage rights bill, SB 10,...
Be smart when purchasing a Father’s Day gift, Says Better Business Bureau
Chicago, IL - Father's Day, June 16th, is just around the corner. As families look to celebrate this special day,...