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 
Steppenwolf Theatre Company stages Chicago Premiere of “Slowgirl” by Greg Pierce featuring Ensemble member William Petersen
 Ensemble member Randall Arney directs Petersen with Rae Gray in The Upstairs Theatre, July 18 - August 25, 2013 ...
Chicago-area NATO arrestee reportedly pressured into guilty plea after spending 329 days in Cook County Jail
CHICAGO, IL -- Mark Neiweem, a 28-year-old Chicago activist, pleaded guilty in Cook County Court yesterday to felony charges brought on...
New book guides Black men to lead extraordinary lives
Thousands credit author/coach with strengthening relationships, improving health, boosting careers/earning power and transforming their lives  CHICAGO, IL (MelodyPR) - A young...
Race to Incarcerate: A Graphic Retelling
     A Reprint from The Sentencing Project   Marc Mauer’s Race to Incarcerate, first published in 1999, has become...
Black Economic Summit slated for May 31 – June 1, 2013 in Colorado
Economist Dr. Julianne Malveaux to keynote Luncheon Denver, CO (BlackNews.com) -- The Mountain Region Black Economic Summit has announced the...
State Board of Education calls for full General State Aid Funding before Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate Appropriations for Elementary and Secondary Education is the second of several hearings on FY 2014 P-12 state education budget...
Madigan: House unanimously passes Bill to strengthen sentencing for child pornography offenders
SPRINGFIELD, IL  – Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan today praised the House of Representatives for its unanimous vote in support...
As North Korea talks economy, ‘West talks of war’
New America Media By Peter Schurmann  SAN FRANCISCO -- In the mounting war of words North Korea is having...
First African American Ice Swimming Championship to be held in Uganda
Ice Swimming at the Equator   As a part of the "Painting the City Bright" project, the first African Ice...
49th Chicago International Film Festival Television Awards to present Journalist Walter Jacobson with “Chicago Legend†Award
 CHICAGO, IL – Cinema/Chicago and the Chicago International Film Festival announced that the 49th Chicago International Film Festival Television...