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 
Governor Quinn announces $402,000 for upgrades at two transportation buildings in Chicago
Illinois Jobs Now! Project will improve State’s infrastructure and create construction jobs CHICAGO. IL – Illinois Governor Pat Quinn announced...
Saint Sabina’s Peace Basketball League promotes relationship building
By Chinta Strausberg Saint Sabina’s Peacemaker’s Monday night basketball games are not so much about who wins but how much...
Mayor Rahm Emanuel visits Award-Winning Parent Mentor Program at Funston Elementary School
Mayor highlights program as successful model for parent engagement CHICAGO, IL – Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel visited Funston Elementary School’s...
Riders for Better Transit launches Red Line South Riders’ Bill of Rights
CHICAGO, IL – Riders for Better Transit and partners across the South Side of Chicago have come together to sign...
Governor Quinn, Secretary White and State Superintendent Koch encourage students to use free reading tool during Summer Break
 ‘Find a Book’ Search Tool Aims to Fight Summer Learning Loss  SPRINGFIELD, IL – Governor Pat Quinn, Secretary of...
Wayward Productions & Chicago Fusion Theatre Announces the Full Remount Cast for the Extended Run at The Den Theatre!
RICHARD III By William Shakespeare Directed by Carlo Lorenzo Garcia May 24 – June 29, 2013  CHICAGO, IL –  Wayward Productions...
American Heart Association and Macy’s announce Multicultural Scholarship Recipients
Dallas, TX (BlackNews.com) -- The American Heart Association and Macy's have awarded 16 scholarships of $2,500 each to increase culturally-sensitive,...
Why the Obama Administration must do more to help working-class families on housing
 By Brent Wilkes America's Wire Writers Group  WASHINGTON, DC - By many accounts, the economy is prospering again...
New Student-Run Cooperative opens in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood using high-tech manufacturing
 Youth aim to create jobs, revitalize community  CHICAGO, IL - Four African-American high school students at the Austin...
Former D.C. Treasurer launches new enterprise to facilitate black economic empowerment
Washington, DC (BlackNews.com) – Former Treasurer of the District of Columbia Lasana K. Mack announces the launch of a new...