THE CHICAGO DEFENDER — As you wind down this Mother’s Day with us, please get to know these four incredible women who happen to be killing...
For Mother’s Day weekend, the Chicago Defender shares stories of dynamic Black women thriving in their careers and providing loving guidance for their families. Correy Bell...
For Mother’s Day weekend, the Chicago Defender shares stories of dynamic Black women thriving in their careers and providing loving guidance for their families. by Debra...
On Friday, Chicago’s 56th Mayor, Lori Lightfoot, left her fifth-floor City Hall office for good. She will make way for Brandon Johnson, who will be inaugurated...
For Mother’s Day weekend, the Chicago Defender shares stories of dynamic Black women thriving in their careers and providing loving guidance for their families. Kenwood Academy...
By Ben Jealous As someone who’s been organizing since I was a teenager, I can tell you that it’s hard to get people to focus on...
For Mother’s Day weekend, the Chicago Defender shares stories of dynamic Black women thriving in their careers and providing loving guidance for their families. Today’s...
For the first time in over 30 years, the Chicago Bears will not have to deal with a Green Bay Packers team led by a Hall...
The Girls Like Me Project, Inc., in partnership with National Geographic Explorer Alyea Pierce, aims to expose girls to powerful narratives and contributions of Black girls...
Photo: Getty Images One of the last three living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre just turned 109. On Wednesday (May 10), Viola “Mother” Fletcher...
As one of the few Black men in his industry, Brawnski Armstrong counts his rise to become a software engineer as lucky yet unlikely. Armstrong came...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Real Times Media’s Adell Henderson caught up with Chicago-based lobbyist and community activist Ashley M. Munson. The two jumped on camera to have...
CHICAGO DEFENDER — The Illinois Coalition for Higher Ed in Prison (IL-CHEP) and HEP advocates applaud the work of the task force. “This task force presents...
CHICAGO DEFENDER — According to Kankakee School District 111 Supt. Dr. Genevra A. Walters, the teacher used the slur following a minor conflict with a student...
THE DEFENDER NETWORK — Jakes passed the symbolic torch to Pastor Sarah Jakes Roberts at the culmination of the recent Woman, Thou Art Loosed!: Homecoming! conference....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — L.A. City Council President Nury Martinez, councilmembers Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo, and Ron Herrera, the president of the Los Angeles County...
CHICAGO DEFENDER — Women characters becoming sword slashing or shotgun-toting badasses (i.e., Kill Bill and Foxy Brown) or rebels against their prescribed roles (i.e. Thelma &...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Each 8th-grade student received a $100 gift card to go towards their high school fees. Additionally, two high school seniors received the CKF...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Alice Dunnigan and Ethel Payne, pioneering African American journalists that penned articles for the Chicago Defender, earned recognition from the White House Correspondents...
CHICAGO DEFENDER — 300 Entertainment, the label home of Megan Thee Stallion launched a content and film division, 300 Studios. 300 Studios is headed by Kevin...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — From Freedom’s Journal to the North Star to John Abbott’s Chicago Defender, African American-owned newspapers have sparked fires for truth and equality that...
Reporter Simeon Booker and photographer David Jackson covered the story for Jet. Other Black news outlets, including the Defender, also later published the photos, though not...
CHICAGO DEFENDER — The people that live here are resilient. We are fighters. If you’re from here, then you know, even when everyone counts us out,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — On Wednesday, May 6 at 1PM ET, four publishers from across the country, including Bobby Henry of Florida’s Westside Gazette, Sonny Messiah Jiles...
CHICAGO DEFENDER — Some parents establish daily routines for themselves and their kids that include allowing children to sleep in and ensuring they are doing schoolwork...