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 
CTA Awards second contract for Red Line South Reconstruction
 $43.8 million contract for station improvements meets goals for DBE participation, includes local firms CHICAGO, IL - The Chicago...
Attorney General Madigan, Equip for Equality to honor advocacy work for people with disabilities
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan will join with Zena Naiditch, President & CEO of Chicago’s Equip for Equality at its...
“Arrested Justice: Black Women, Violence, and America’s Prison Nation” Saturday, December 1, 2012
 The Illinois Humanities Council will sponsor a conversation with author and activist Beth E. Richie and a panel of local...
Interfaith Coalition to Restore the Water Fee Exemption, prays for relief
Asks Council to do right thing by religious community By Chinta Strausberg  CHICAGO, IL - Today is the full...
First African American female-owned TV/Film Studio and Post Production Facility opens in Georgia
Open Rivers Pictures, Inc. launches Open Rivers Studios, a 16,000 sq. ft. facility in Fayetteville, Georgia  Atlanta, GA (BlackNews.com) --...
Universal MazJac Enterprises, Inc. celebrates 10-year anniversary as the premier urban marketing partner of Feld Entertainment
CHICAGO, IL –Universal MazJac Enterprises, Inc., a subsidiary of Compass Public Affairs, celebrates their 10 year anniversary as the premier...
Black leaders to discuss impact of election on Black America
 Town Hall Meeting to kick-off State of the Black World Conference III  WASHINGTON, D.C. -  Black leaders, activists...
Federal housing programs fail to place minority and low-income families near high quality schools
New Study Finds Affordable Housing Located Near Low Performing, High Poverty Schools  WASHINGTON, DC - Across the country, tenants...
Irregularities Cast Pall Over Arpaio Election Win
New America Media By Valeria Fernandez PHOENIX – After moving to the Phoenix area, the Bustamante family made sure to...
Blacks and Hispanics lost $1 trillion in Home Equity
(A Reprint from Louisiana Weekly)Â Among the 10.9 million homes that went into foreclosure between 2007 and 2011, more than...