CHICAGO DEFENDER — Gun violence overwhelmingly hurts communities of color due to a lack of investment coupled with weak gun laws. To combat this issue, U.S....
CHICAGO DEFENDER — “This was a very complex, extensive case with painstaking police work every single moment until today, and it will continue after today,” Middlesex...
Vice President Kamala Harris returned to Chicago for her third official visit of the summer on Friday, this time to advocate for common sense gun laws...
One of Chicago’s most iconic parades is back to help kick off and celebrate the start of the 2023-2024 school year! On Saturday, August 12th, the...
Photo: Alex Wong / Getty Images News / Getty Images Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) criticized Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) on the House floor Thursday (July...
Photo: Hoover Police Department Carlee Russell has been charged in connection to her kidnapping hoax. On Friday (July 28), prosecutors in Hoover, Alabama charged the Alabama...
Roman Banks once aspired to be “a serious actor,” in the vein of Will Smith’s Robert Neville in the 2007 film “I Am Legend.” But those...
Photo: Getty Images A witness of Malcolm X’s assassination, who says he was never questioned by police, believes authorities tried to help the killer get away...
Read Part I of our interview with Will Downing here. If the music industry were like the NBA, Will Downing would be like Vince Carter or...
Photo: GoFundMe A Georgia mother is facing murder charges after her seven-year-old daughter was found dead inside an apartment closet. According to People, Alondra Hobbs was...
ATLANTA DAILY WORLD — “The Berks Conference was a beautiful one until it was soiled by Lois Banner’s hatefully racist comments. Yes, I did speak out...
ATLANTA DAILY WORLD — “We were not surprised by the findings because philanthropy generally funds Black-led nonprofit organizations disproportionately less than other similarly situated organizations,” Susan...
Photo: Getty Images Juneteenth has traditionally been recognized as a regional holiday among Black communities in Texas and across the South. However, it has grown to...
Photo: Getty Images The two Democratic lawmakers who were expelled from the Tennessee House over gun violence protests won their primary elections on Thursday (June 15),...
Photo: Getty Images Join the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, Citizenship Education Fund, and PUSH Excel for its annual international convention. From July 15-19, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition (RPC) — an international human...
This news should come as no surprise, but the Chicago Bears’ biggest social media influencer is quarterback Justin Fields. This information comes from sports betting site bookmakers.bet,...
Photo: Getty Images Former Harvard professor and academic activist Cornel West is making a bid for the 2024 presidency. On Monday (June 5), West announced on...
Photo: Birmingham Police Department A missing Black woman’s body was found burning in Alabama woods after she allegedly went to make a Facebook Marketplace purchase, CNN...
THE ATLANTA VOICE — Following a tour of the facility, Warnock sat down to address recent action he has taken in Washington to cut the cost of...
ATLANTA DAILY WORLD — In an interview with CBS Mornings, Barack Obama discussed a number of hot-button issues that the country is facing but also opened...
Amaree’ya Henderson’s death hasn’t been widely covered by national media and his GoFundMe account has suffered because of it. As of May 16, the page only...
Brandon Johnson delivered an inauguration address that primarily centered on inclusivity and collaboration, which will inform how he plans to confront Chicago’s most pressing issues. “That...
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...
Photo: Getty Images A 14-year-old student in Colorado says he no longer feels safe at his middle school after facing egregious acts of racism from his...
The Manhattan District Attorney’s office announced that Daniel Penny, who applied a fatal chokehold to a man on a New York City subway, will be charged with manslaughter....