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 
Kirk, Casey introduce legislation to prevent bullying in schools
 Bipartisan Proposal Would Help Prevent Bullying, Require School Districts to Report Incidents    WASHINGTON, DC - U.S....
Charles Lampkin is the last Black man on earth
The Huffington Post Union of Bloggers Offers Must See Videos for Black History Studies Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- In the centennial...
New America Media announces winners of NAM’s 2013 Ethnic Media Awards
 New America Media (NAM), the nation's largest association of ethnic media outlets, announced the winners of its  2013 NAM...
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...