Civil rights marchers protest housing discrimination in Chicago on Aug. 2, 1966. AP Photo
by Colin Gordon, University of Iowa
Donald Trump has picked former football...
By Erick Johnson of The Chicago Crusader
Publishers and owners of Chicago’s Black media organizations have banded together, urging Mayor Brandon Johnson to keep his...
Steelworkers line up for their paychecks at U.S. Steel’s South Works in Chicago in 1959. Bettman Collection via Getty Images
by Amanda McMillan Lequieu, Drexel...
President Biden delivers the final speech during Day 1 of the 2024 Democratic National Convention.
CHICAGO – Since Vice President Kamala Harris declared, "We did...
A street mural by Manuel Acevedo at Halsey Place in Newark, N.J.
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by Anthony Alvarez, Rutgers University - Newark
How can neighborhoods gentrify...
Medical Examiner’s Office Releases Preliminary 2022 Data
The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office is releasing preliminary statistics for cases it handled in 2022. The Office’s...
By Joel Williams
Eleven candidates are running for mayor of Chicago, Illinois, in the February 28, 2023, general election. If no candidate receives more than...
