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 
Tips to deal with the after effects of flooding and water damage
 CHICAGO, IL - Although May has beautiful flowers, one must first weather the stormy showers of April. The Better...
Goodman Theatre Youth Arts Council partners with Illinois Safe Schools Alliance to raise awareness of LGBTQ harassment in schools
 GYAC members lead a workshop on the Theater-of-the-Oppressed during April 6 LGBTQ Youth Leadership Summit  CHICAGO, IL -...
New App finds black-owned businesses
  WASHINGTON, DC - Supporters of African-American businesses across the country can now access real-time information to locate providers of...
Anti-Drone protest targets Boeing Company; anti-War Activists add Chicago to a National Campaign Against Drone War
When Boeing came to Chicago, most thought the city was gaining a company that made domestic airliners. The Sequester brought...
Jesse White joins Salem Baptist Church on Sunday to push Organ/Tissue Registration Drives
It is hoped to be one of the largest single day Organ/Tissue Donation Registration Drives Illinois Secretary of State Jesse...
Black Leaders to Press Obama on Drug War and Investment in “Dark Ghettos”
Day of action planned to dramatize demands Reflecting growing discontent in some quarters with President Obama's failure to directly address...
The NAACP’s “inspiring work in Haiti”
The NAACP's work doesn't stop at America's borders. In the wake of the devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the NAACP...
More than 957,000 Illinoisans will be eligible for New Health Insurance Premium Tax Credits in 2014
New Report provides County-Specific Breakdown of Tax Credit Eligibility by Income, Age, Race and Ethnicity, Employment Status Washington, D.C.— A...
Concert of Polish and Jewish Music on Saturday, April 6 to Commemorate the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
A Concert for Peace and Reconciliation commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, featuring both Jewish and Polish...
30 high-tech Philadelphia teens take their programming skills to the White House for National Security Briefing on Cyber Security
Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- During last week's spring break, 30 African American and Latino teens from Philadelphia, PA traveled to Washington,...