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 
Jesse White awards more than $11 million in Public Library Per Capita and Equalization Aid Grants
Illinois Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White has awarded Fiscal Year 2013 Illinois Public Library Per Capita and...
TimeLine Theatre Company presents the Chicago Premiere of J.T. Rogers’ Blood and Gifts, April 30 – July 28, 2013
CHICAGO, IL — TimeLine Theatre Company concludes its 2012-13 season with a play that was named among the Top 10...
The 1st Annual Teddy Bear of the Year Dinner and Awards Gala to celebrate the American Teddy Bear at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Calling all Teddy Bears from across the Nation to take their place on the RED CARPET in behalf of Charities...
A Year Later, Trayvon Martin Tragedy Still Stings
By Benjamin Todd Jealous President/CEO of the NAACP. One year later, the Trayvon Martin tragedy still stings - and some...
Lt. Governor Simon, members of Firearms Working Group release concealed carry checklist
Legislators urged to consider 10 principles including constitutionality and local input, while evaluating legislation SPARTA – Illinois Lt. Governor Sheila...
Sec’y of State Jesse White unveils new Organ/Tissue Donation Campaign featuring donor advocate who died waiting for a Kidney
Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White urged all Illinoisans to join the state’s Organ/Tissue Donor Registry following the unveiling of...
Is the GOP Sincere in Denouncing its Bigots?
New America Media By Earl Ofari Hutchinson In a week’s time the wide range of what was once considered routine...
Donald L. Duster, Business and Not-For-Profit Executive, and the grandson of Journalist and Civil Rights Activist Ida B. Wells, dies at 81
Donald Leon Duster, a business and not-for-profit executive, died peacefully at his home in Chicago on March 11, 2013. He...
Townhall meeting on Sex Trafficking in the Black Community aims to get more men of color to speak out
San Diego Based Nonprofit Organization For Girls Partners With Phi Beta Sigma In Campaign Launch Of "Gentlemen Don't John" San...
2013 NASCAR Diversity Internship Program seeks minority applicants
Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- The NASCAR Diversity Internship is a 10-week, full-time, paid summer internship program that is designed to expose...