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 
Seven Illinois Municipalities band together to file suit to recover unpaid taxes from Online Travel Companies
Clifford Law Offices, with a consortium of law firms, filed a lawsuit Friday (April 5, 2013) in federal district court...
New Book: “Bending Toward Justice: The Voting Rights Act and the Transformation of American Democracy”
Award-winning historian Gary May examines how African Americans finally overcame longstanding obstacles to secure their most fundamental right as citizens...
New Black Panthers make ground with Pan-Africanist Movements of Azania (South Africa)
Pledge to liberate Africans by Any Means Necessary  By Chawn Saddam Kweli  Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- "A long overdue...
Exxon Oil spill leaves Arkansas neighborhood in shock
 New America Media By Lisa Song  Editor's Note: The rupture of an oil pipeline last week carrying Canadian...
Gov. Quinn takes commonsense gun message to Saint Sabina
Another miracle when Ondelee Perteet waked alone By Chinta Strausberg  Four-days before Father Michael L. Pfleger is scheduled to...
Illinois Tollway to host construction networking event
The Illinois Tollway is hosting a free Construction Networking Event for firms involved in the heavy-highway construction industry. General contractors,...
Web Site lists the top Summer Internship Programs for 2013
Thousands of summer and year-round internships available from top companies and organizations like Microsoft, Apple, NAACP, Coca-Cola, Sony, CNN, Smithsonian,...
Nursing assistant charged with stealing over $300,000 from an elderly man
A certified nursing assistant has been charged with allegedly stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from a 94-year-old Chicago man...
HUD Fair Housing Month Celebration highlights the value of helping low-income families relocate to thriving communities
Washington, DC - In a kickoff celebration of "Fair Housing Month," the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)...
State Rep. Ford and Chicago High school seniors return to Chicago from Talladega College, Alabama
 100 students accepted to college  CHICAGO, IL - Illinois State Rep. La Shawn K. Ford (D-Chicago) returns by...