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 
State’s Attorney Alvarez highlights new Alternative Prosecution Program
A highly successful and unique alternative prosecution program created by the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office for first time felony...
Sec’y of State Jesse White to hold Illinois’ Constitution and Citizenship Day Celebration
Marks the 225th Signing of the Constitution; 100 People from 32 Countries will be Sworn-In as Citizens  Illinois Secretary...
700,000 young people could lose their vote
A Reprint from ReMARCs By Marc Morial, President of the National Urban League As many as 700,000 young people of...
Non-Profit organization, educating young minds, nominated for $250,000 Chase Giving Contest
Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- Educating Young Minds began 25 years ago with two students in a tiny apartment. That was the...
Pulitzer Prize-Nominee Dael Orlandersmith returns to the Goodman with her latest work Black N Blue Boys/Broken Men
Obie Award-Winner Chay Yew directs the Heartbreakingly Poetic Solo Piece September 29 – October 28, 2012 in the Owen Theatre...
Businesses should recognize kindness and customer service are critical for success
CHICAGO, ILÂ - A warm smile and a kind gesture can brighten even the gloomiest of days. When working with...
CTA awards $220 million contract for Red Line South Reconstruction
 $220 million contract for track work exceeds goals for DBE participation, includes local firms    The Chicago Transit...
Fate of Affirmative Action Hangs on Fisher v. Univ. of Texas
New America Media Question & Answer By Khalil Abdullah Editor’s Note: On October 10 the U.S. Supreme Court will hear...
Religious Leaders unite in fight to restore water exemptions
 Unveil price tag on services they provide to city  By Chinta Strausberg More than three-dozen diverse religious leaders...
ICIRR to participate in largest National Immigration Integration Conference
Baltimore, MD — The largest national conference to bring together a cross-section of immigrant integration leaders and advocates, the National...