Chicago

How two young Black Chicago women are using art and activism to change narratives about Black communities

Atlanta’s murder rate is now higher than Chicago’s

Abusive Chicago Officer George Granias owned racist websites

Two women, 41 and 32, shot and killed in Chicago’s Washington Park

Three Chicago cops charged with conspiracy in coverup of Laquan McDonald shooting

White Starbucks customer calls Black customer ‘slave’ and punches pedestrian

Racist flyers posted in Chicago encourage Black people to deport Latinx residents

Chicago man charged after punching Black woman security guard, Zoa Stigler, on camera

Illinois Gov. Rauner Booed At Chicago State Commencement

What you need to know about Chicago’s ‘gang database’ and the lawsuit from local activists

Chicago Teenager, Thessalonika A. Embry, On Verge Of Earning Doctorate

Barack and Michelle Obama to donate $2 million to Chicago youth jobs

Trevor Wilkins, Princeton Alum, Co-Created App That Encourages Good Grades

How a Chicago mayor’s proposal to make post-grad plans a requirement for graduating harms Black & Brown students

Chance the Rapper Announces Arts and Literature Fund For Chicago Schools

Chance the Rapper is the Hero Chicago Students Deserve

Meet Chicago’s First Transgender Filipina Bakery Owner

Nearly 1,000 Protestors Gathered for Trans Liberation March in Chicago

Keke Collier, Black, Transgender Woman, Killed In Chicago

Chicago Aldermen Will Vote On Future Of Street Performers Known as ‘Bucket Boys’

Chance the Rapper Hopes Trump Doesn’t Mean What We All Think He Does About Chicago

Chicago Mourns Takiya Holmes, 11, Who Passed Days After Being Shot

Chicago Cop Who Killed Quintonio LeGrier, Bettie Jones Won’t Face Charges

Laurence Fishburne and Larenz Tate Launch Riveting ‘Bronzeville’ Podcast About Chicago’s Black Metropolis

Johnson Publishing Building Could Become A Chicago Landmark

How Trump’s concern trolling about Black crime is a trap for well-meaning progressives

Trump Threatens To Send The Feds Into Chicago

Colin Kaepernick Donates $25K To Southside Chicago Organization

Teens Arrested After Kidnapping, Torture Video Posted On Facebook

Chicago Officer Shoots Unarmed Man, Gets Stripped Of Powers

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