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 
Ghost of the slave master…In the hood
By Christopher Jack Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- Just before the end of the college semester I was invited by a colleague...
‘Look First’ is good advice when choosing a Drivers Education Program
(A Message from the Better Business Bureau) Â CHICAGO, IL - Bad customer service, no shows, and poor sales practices...
Simon’s college scorecard resolution adopted by General Assembly
SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois Lt. Governor Sheila Simon praised members of the Senate for their adoption of House Joint Resolution 33,...
Roosevelt’s South Side Alumni Chapter Launches Operation 1000
In honor of the 30th Anniversary of the historic election of the late Mayor Harold Washington, and in recognition of...
Medgar Evers would be proud
By Benjamin Todd Jealous President/CEO of the NAACP Fifty years after the NAACP field secretary was assassinated for his work...
Long struggle ahead for Medicaid Expansion Advocates in Texas
New America Media By Khalil Abdullah Health care advocates and business groups, whose efforts failed to move Gov. Rick Perry...
The Priority Must be Creating Jobs; Not Balancing the Budget
By William E. Spriggs  The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) issued its economic outlook for the modern,...
Chicago suburb passes groundbreaking anti-drone resolution
 New resolution, which won support from police chief, makes Evanston one of only three – and nation’s largest –...
Community leaders unite with DFER-IL to share education options
Clergy and advocacy group come together to help parents answer the question: “What’s Next?† CHICAGO, IL -   In many...
Real estate & property development ready to boom in inner cities
 Six-month Online Course teaches how to develop these properties Boston, MA (BlackNews.com) -- The founder of The REDI Foundation, non-profit...