Chicago

The NAACP has joined a number of labor unions and progressive activists in speaking out against Rahm Emanuel, the…

Despite how much we may want it to be over, COVID-19 is not through with us.

In news that is absolutely shocking to no one, a study has found that Black cops are more likely to be disciplined…

In 2018, Jemel Roberson, a Black security guard, was restraining an active shooter when he was shot and killed by a…

More than ever before, professional athletes have committed themselves to serving as catalysts for change. And while…

The year 2020 is one for the books in terms of extra newsworthy events, so why not bring in the last few months by…

It appears things have escalated while Robert “R” Kelly continues his stint in jail.

Officials for Chicago Public Schools have voted to significantly reduce the budget for school resource officers.

The uprising against the racist police brutality in the wake of George Floyd’s killing earlier this year has put…

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Chaos erupted in downtown Chicago overnight as hundreds of people took to the streets and dozens of stores, banks…

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has acceded to the presence of federal police in her city—the same federal officers who…

Chicago said arrivederci to its Christopher Columbus statues in the early hours of Friday morning, in response to…

Throughout his presidency, White House occupant Donald Trump has had an obsession with Chicago.

Tyler Perry is paying for the funeral of 8-year-old Secoriea Turner, a little girl who was shot and killed in…

Putting Black faces in high places will not be the solution to structural racism in the United States. And while…

We’ve already established that white people are really concerned about Chicago, and no one pretends to be more…

You know the echoes of “Mr. West, Mr. West, Mr. West” in Kanye West’s song, “Good Morning?” Well apparently, that’s…

Where would we be as a society without our educators? Teachers have a difficult and extremely important job for…

Black youth in Chicago were already a little wary of Mayor Lori Lightfoot, the first mayor for the city who is a…