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When one thinks of putting something on layaway, their mind probably goes directly to clothes, electronics and household appliances. Well, the concept is evolving. A Chicago-based, Black-owned startup company called Airfordable is giving travelers the option to purchase tickets for flights and pay them off in regular installments when they don’t have enough cash on […]

At this point, it seems like the only thing to ask Amandla Stenberg is “What else?” Fox 2000 has won a bidding war for Angela Thomas’ debut novel The Hate U Give with George Tillman Jr. coming to direct the film, and Amandla Stenberg to star in it.

What were you doing at 11 years old? Probably not setting up a book drive that fights racism in literature like Philadelphia native Marley Dias.  

  Marvel Studios announced several new films set to debut over the next couple of years, and one of them features its very first black superhero. 42 and Get On Up actor Chadwick Boseman has been tapped for the lead role. 

    A highly criticized New York Times article published last week really offended a few black women. In her op-ed, Alessandra Stanley described actress Viola Davis — star of Shonda Rhimes’ new ABC show “How To Get Away With Murder”— as “less than classically beautiful.” Viola Davis had a few choice words for Stanley, saying  “You may shoot […]

A study about race in American education conducted and released by the Education Department had a brow-raising finding. Although it might not be surprising that black students are suspended at higher rates than white students, what is especially troubling is that this trend starts as soon as preschool.

Football’s 2014 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) is just a few weeks away, and while some of the series’ Black players are stars on the field, many are failing in the classroom.  According to a report released by the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for the Study of Race and Equity in Education, based on six-year graduation […]

14 year-old Tremaine McMillan was feeding his puppy and playing when officers approached him, and proceeded to attack and choke him for giving them a “dehumanizing stare.”

Set to attend Duke U. next year as one of their most buzzed-about recruits in years, Jabari Parker says his greatest joy is being able to set a good example for other young people, and to help change the narrative surrounding Chicago’s youth.

According to a recent report, Black students display significant learning gaps by the 2nd grade, and they only grow larger with age. If these trends persist, only 1 in 20 black kindergartners will go on to graduate from a 4-year university. What needs to be done to close this gap?

by Tayler Simon In the 2024-2025 school year, more than 4,000 unique titles were banned in the United States. Titles like All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson and The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison were among the most challenged books, reflecting a trend of targeting books by Black and/or LGBTQ+ authors. While all […]

Black Magic is here—the first drop from Black Life Everywhere’s upcoming freedom mixtape. It’s Chicago’s legendary Step Music, carried forward and reborn by the BLE Chicago Music Collective.It’s the sway of our elders, the laughter in basement parties, the slow glide across dance floors that have always been ours. This track is music and memory […]