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 
Black on Black Love is giving away 400 Thanksgiving Dinners today at Kennedy King College
The Black on Black Love Organization will distribute Thanksgiving baskets, complete with 14-16 pound turkeys and all the trimmings to...
Black church finds new home inside of Hyde Park Jewish temple
By Chinta Strausberg  Rev. Larry Martin, pastor of the Hope Church of Chicago, an African American non-denominational church, found...
Sec’y of State Jesse White targets holiday shoppers abusing Disability Parking at Malls Statewide
Marks the 7th year Secretary of State Police Conduct Enforcement  Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White announced today that...
Prosecutors secure Life Sentence in 2006 Murder of a Federal Informant
A Chicago man convicted in the murder of a federal informant was sentenced to life in prison, according to the...
Madigan: Illinois in top 5 states for relief to homeowners from National Foreclosure Settlement
CHICAGO, IL — In responding to the second report issued by the national foreclosure settlement’s independent monitor, Attorney General Lisa Madigan...
Mass March and Rally for Gaza today at Federal Plaza, 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Multiple Chicago human rights, faith-based, anti-war, and community groups are protesting Israel’s ongoing attacks in Gaza, killing and injuring Palestinian...
Date change for NATO 5, Jeremy Hammond Solidarity Rally, now scheduled for Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 9 a.m.
Letters to Editors  From Occupy Chicago / NATO 5 Defense Committee nato5.occupychi.org  An Update: Jeremy Hammond's court hearing...
Father Pfleger: Escalating violence is “an undeclared warâ€
Rev. Hatch: ‘We’re moving to de-racialize violence’ By Chinta Strausberg  Dozens of religious leaders recently met at the Mid-America...
Hand-outs: Nice Try, But They Are Often a Temporary Solution For an Unresolved Problem
Soap Box Rants/A NEW WEEKLY COLUMN By Pamela Bratcher-McMillan, President, Chair & CEO, PETAL et al. "Give a man a...
Casting is complete for Amy Herzog’s Belleville at Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Chris Boykin and Cliff Chamberlain join the previously announced cast, Directed by Anne Kauffman  CHICAGO, IL – Casting is...