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 
Better Business Bureau joins government partners for Consumer Protection event
CHICAGO, IL - The Better Business Bureau serving Chicago and Northern Illinois (BBB) will be featured at the 15th annual...
Immigration Bill threatens jobs for African American professionals
By Paul E. Almeida President, Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO Â Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- The so-called Immigration Innovation (I-Squared) Act...
Minority voter rights at risk in upcoming Supreme Court Ruling
New America Media By Khalil Abdullah Traducción al español  Editor's Note: The Supreme Court hears oral arguments on a...
Lt. Governor Simon responds to House Committee passage of marriage equality legislation
SPRINGFIELD , IL – Lt. Governor Sheila Simon thanked the House Executive Committee today for passing marriage equality legislation in...
West Side preacher rips black clergy for lobbying in support of same-sex marriage
By Chinta Strausberg  Bewildered at black ministers who are headed for Springfield to lobby in support of the same-sex...
Senator Kirk’s Readout meeting with Treasury Secretary-Designate Lew to discuss his nomination
 WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) yesterday met with Treasury Secretary-designate Jack Lew to discuss his nomination.  Sen. Kirk...
Students in grades 3-8 to take Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) next month under new performance levels
This year’s ISATs include 20 percent items written to Common Core Standards  SPRINGFIELD, IL – Students in grades 3-8...
U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case which could make it harder for communities of color to register and vote
A Message from Benjamin Todd Jealous President and CEO NAACP  Today, the Supreme Court will hear a case; the outcome of...
President Obama was elected by the majority with a mandate, yet, he is being rejected by a few from the Pit of Hell!
Today’s 'political actors' are trying to sell the public a mythology to digest consisting of modern-day slavery ingredients coupled with...
Women Playwrights and Directors headline Goodman Theatre’s 2013/2014 “Dream†Season
A Blues-Infused new work and a revived musical classic bookend the line-up of World Premieres, Goodman Commissions, a Broadway Hit,...