Chicago

Quintonio LeGrier Called 911 Three Times Before Police Shot Him to Death

Protestor Holds “Resign Rahm” Sign At Conference

Chicago activist becomes first transgender bride to ‘Say Yes to the Dress’

Chance the Rapper fundraising for coats for Chicago’s homeless

Officer charged for murder of Laquan McDonald pleads not guilty

Legendary Chicago DJ reminds us ‘to go to the doctor’ in his last words

Level 1 trauma center coming to University of Chicago campus

ICYMI: Rahm Emanuel wasn’t ready for Chicago high school students chanting ’16 shots’

Is Attorney General Loretta Lynch the Real Answer to Chicago’s Police Problem?

Young Black Organizers Decline Private Meeting with Mayor to Discuss the Video of the Execution of Laquan McDonald

Kenwood Student and Magic Black Girl was Accepted into 26 Universities

Victims of Chicago Gun Violence Are “Unforgotten”

Chicago Police Made More Street Stops Last Year Than NYPD

Chicago Police ‘Black Site’ Exposed

Report: Chicago police stop black motorists more

Chicago boy’s letter to Santa asking for safety goes viral

Report: Murders in Chicago down, shootings up

Event: Black Holidaze — A BYP100 Kwanzaa

Chicago activists launch second day of protests in response to Eric Garner decision

Chicago Police Superintendent announces body cameras for cops

BYP100 stages ‘die-in’ in response to Mike Brown grand jury decision

Loyola University Chicago student Chan Wilson missing

Jackie Robinson West squad visits the White House

Activists in Chicago call for investigation into fatal police shootings

Chicago-area police kill man in hospital emergency room

Chicago police captain convicted of torturing blacks receives $4,000 monthly pension

Jackie Robinson West makes front of Kellogg’s cereal box

Black and missing: these two Chicago teens have been missing since the summer

2 patients with Ebola-like symptoms admitted to hospitals in Chicago

Study: Charter schools have made segregation worse in Chicago

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