At 89 years of age, it’s amazing that BB King is still out on the road touring almost every night. Now word has come that the blues legend has canceled the remaining eight performances of his current tour after being diagnosed with dehydration and exhaustion. According to King’s official website, he became ill Friday evening […]
Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy has said that a gang member, recently released from prison, shot and killed a young boy because he thought he was playing the role of ‘lookout’. The Chicago Sun Times reports: “This didn’t have to happen,” McCarthy told reporters as he announced charges in Antonio Smith’s murder. The four men […]
Extrajudicial killings of Black American men by police officers is not a new phenomenon in this country, but in the wake of several such incidents…
Hip-hop isn’t all about flashy cars and girls. Common has dedicated his new album “Nobody’s Smiling” to the struggle in Chicago. He explains how he…
Labor Day weekend started off in tragedy for people in Chicago as random shootings plagued the city. One man was shot dead Friday night in…
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago children will walk past even more guards on their first day of school than last year, when concerns about safety prompted the city to line the streets with 1,200 adults every day. Thanks to an infusion of $1 million from the city, another 100 “Safe Passage” workers will be on routes […]
The Jackie Robinson West Little League champs have returned home and are gearing up for their big celebration parade. MyChicagoFox.com reports: CHICAGO (FOX 32 News) – Millennium Park is ready to welcome the Jackie Robinson West All-Stars team, the U.S. Little League champs. Since the moment the team came home, things have been far from normal […]
Antonio Smith, 9, was fatally shot in Chicago’s Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood and his heartbroken family is searching for answers, reports ABC7Chicago.com. “My baby, he…
What you see above is a map of Detroit. The small colorful dots represent people, plotted to show where they live and their race. Whites are…
CHICAGO (AP) — A demoted worker shot and critically injured his company’s CEO before fatally shooting himself Thursday inside a downtown Chicago high-rise office building in the city’s bustling financial district, police said. Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said a worker at a technological company entered the 17th-floor office and met with his CEO before pulling […]
Don’t say anything to Lauryn Hill about her tardiness to her own shows because she will read you the riot act. The lauded R&B star…
On a recent segment of Keeping It Real with Rev. Al Sharpton, a nationally-syndicated radio show where I serve as a co-host, a troubling yet complex question was posed to our audience: Are local communities doing enough to quell crime in our neighborhoods? The immediate answer would be absolutely not. Last month in Chicago, for […]
