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 
Amanda Conner will appear at The Long Beach Comic & Horror Con scheduled for November 3-4
Before Watchmen’s Amanda Conner Announces Plans For Long Beach Comic & Horror Con  LONG BEACH, CA – Amanda Conner,...
Diversity jobs available in Higher Education
Academic Diversity firm offers free service for Higher Ed jobs Los Angeles, CA (BlackNews.com) -- The Academic Network, Inc., an...
Romney’s absurd statements becoming more absurd
By Juanita Bratcher  In a speech before the VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) convention in Reno, Nevada Tuesday, Presumptive...
Madigan: New laws ban sending debtors to prison for debts, protect consumers from high costs of refund anticipation loans
 Attorney General-Authored Bills Signed into Law  SPRINGFIELD, IL — Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan commended Governor Pat Quinn’s enactment of...
Street named in honor of Ed and Betty Gardner
Hundreds of admirers of Ed and Betty Gardner came out to praise them as entrepreneurs, humanitarians, political activists, arts advocates,...
State of the Black World Conference III to convene at Howard University November 14-18
State of Emergency in Black America: Time to Heal Black Families and Communities  November 14-18, the Institute of the...
Sec’y of State Jesse White’s legislation on distracted driving signed into law
Bans hand-held cell phone use by truck drivers; upgrades offense for texting while driving a commercial truck  Legislation proposed...
Beyond Sport Awards 2012 winners unveiled
The winners of the Beyond Sport Awards 2012 were revealed in London on Wednesday (July 25th) bringing to an end...
A social justice fighter, Ora A. Higgins, dies at 101
She was the great-great aunt of First Lady Michelle Obama  By Chinta Strausberg  Mrs. Ora A. Higgins, born...
State Senator Collins’ protections for borrowers become law
New restrictions enacted on refund anticipation loans, high-risk home loan terms  CHICAGO, IL – In a ceremony held at...