Hundreds gathered in the nation’s capital Tuesday morning for the Congressional Black Caucus’ (CBC) swearing-in ceremony for both newly elected and current members of the…
For the second consecutive calendar year, Chicago in 2014 is on track to record its lowest murder totals in nearly five decades, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.…
The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that Chicago leaders this week unveiled a “road map” to combat violence. SEE ALSO:John Crawford’s Family Sues City, Police, Walmart…
A feature film about President Barack Obama’s courtship of Michelle is in the works at producer Stephanie Allain’s (Hustle & Flow, Beyond the Lights) Homegrown Pictures. According to Deadline.com, Southside With You will follow the summer 1989 afternoon when the future President of the United States convinced his future First Lady to go on a date across […]
CHICAGO (AP) — A summer jobs program that engaged mentors to help troubled kids stay on track is linked with a big reduction in youth arrests for violent crimes. The results suggest that a low-cost public program can reap big benefits. But they also support arguments that employment alone cannot resolve poverty-related ills. Study author […]
In 2009, when Oprah Winfrey was still hosting her daytime talk show out of Chicago’s Harpo Studios, a small group of terrorists were set to bomb the building, but were caught before they could bring a U-Haul van packed with explosives to the Windy City, according to Judicial Watch. The watchdog group, quoting “law enforcement and […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Unlike some resource-rich powerhouses that typically vie for Illinois’ high school football championships, the Phillips Academy Wildcats must lug their helmets and pads nearly a mile to a South Side Chicago city park to practice. They have no field of their own. A former gang member-turned-star safety sleeps at the assistant coach’s […]
Chicago Alderman Walter Burnett Jr. joined Roland Martin on “NewsOne Now” to discuss corporate diversity and minority hiring. Burnett is part of a group of alderman…
(photo credit: We Charge Genocide) Chicago youths representing the activist group We Charge Genocide (pictured above) started a silent protest during the Committee against Torture at…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats say stay away from red states. Vladimir Putin says mitts off Ukraine. But “Don’t touch my girlfriend?” Not the usual admonition heard by President Barack Obama. Let’s be clear: It was a joke. It unfolded while Obama cast an early ballot Monday in Chicago. A young woman, Aia Cooper, was voting […]
Chicago has long been known for its gun violence, recording 329 homicides so far this year and a total of 441 last year. Weapons seizures…
CHICAGO (AP) — A man used an assault rifle to fire at a Chicago subway train as it pulled into a business district station, Chicago Police Superintendent Gerry McCarthy said Thursday. McCarthy said the man was targeting the “L” train, not passengers, and had at least 50 bullets with him. No one was injured in […]
