Former Mayor Calls for Accuracy in Water Crisis Narrative 
Chicago Park District Opens Summer Job Applications in Time for First of Four Teen Opportunity Fairs for Ages 13 & Up 
Marketplace With All Black-Owned Products Celebrates One Year in Business 
Two-Thirds of Black Consumers Pay More Attention to Ads That Reflect Their Culture 
Major George W. Ford Exhibit to Open During Black History Month at Temecula Valley Museum 
Lt. Governor Simon applauds Congressional renewal of Violence Against Women Act
CHICAGO, IL – Illinois Lt. Governor Sheila Simon issued the following statement today in response to the U.S. House’s renewal...
State Senator Collins hails Senate approval of expanded Medicaid access
SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois State Senator Jacqueline Y. Collins (D-16th) issued the following statement on the Senate’s passage today of...
The Links, Incorporated expands global presence in Africa with support from the Coca-Cola Company
 Delegation travels to West Africa for education and health initiatives and to induct Honorary Member, Liberian President Ellen Johnson...
Tired of that old furniture at home? Learn to make your own; the possibilities are endless
Soap Box Rants A WEEKLY COLUMN to CopyLine Magazine  By Pamela Bratcher-McMillan President, Chair & CEO, of PETAL et...
Congressional Veterans Jobs Caucus launches bipartisan, bicameral efforts to combat veteran unemployment
WASHINGTON, DC — Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) and Representatives Jeff Denham (R-CA) and Tim Walz (D-MN),...
Lt. Governor Simon’s Firearms Working Group meets with health care professionals
Simon, members hear how gun laws intersect with trauma, health care and mental health fields  SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois...
White incarceration rates increase, Black rates decline
Race & Justice News The Sentencing Project  The period 2000 to 2010 was one in which prison expansion began...
Reaching every child requires a collective effort
By Tomeka Hart, Vice President of African American Community Partnerships, Teach For America Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- In the African American...
Ethiopia’s Economy Benefits from Returning Diaspora
 PRI’s The World By Anders Kelto  At a salon in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, customer Erica Kanesa relaxes...
CFJC at Northwestern University School of Law receives $750,000 from MacArthur Foundation
Award honors center on front lines of juvenile justice  CHICAGO, IL - The Children and Family Justice Center (CFJC)...