By: Norman Parish - November 4, 2015 11:16 a.m.
Dominique Spears, a retail clerk, is worried about how she will make ends meet after the Chicago City Council approved a $588 million property tax increase – the biggest tax hike in the municipality’s history.
Today we pay tribute to our founder, former congressman, Gus Savage, who died Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015 at the age of 90.
We will eternally honor and cherish the leadership and fortitude you portrayed while establishing the Chicago Citizen Newspaper…the largest, black-owned, weekly newspaper chain in the Midwest. It is and will remain the absolute shining gem of Chicago’s south side.
Thousands of customers of pre-paid debit cards backed by hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons were left without access to their money more than a week after technical problems first began plaguing the cards.
Chris Rock is coming back to host the Oscars for a second time.
The show's producers say the prolific comedian-filmmaker will be at the helm for the 88th Academy Awards on Feb. 28 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Producers David Hill and Reginald Hudlin called Rock "the MVP of the entertainment industry."
By: Norman Parish - October 28, 2015 5:15 p.m.
Facing a $20 billion pension crisis, Chicago City Council approved a $588 million property tax increase over the next four years – the biggest tax hike in the municipality’s history.
By: Evan F. Moore - October 28, 2015 4:04 p.m.
Ever since the first trailer leaked earlier this year of the upcoming “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” movie, some the fans of the iconic movie franchise were outraged that one of the lead character is Black.
By: Evan F. Moore - October 28, 2015 3:42 p.m.
Friends and family of Andre Smith, started a Go Fund Me account last week after the student football player from Chicago's Bogan High School, died from injuries sustained during a game against Chicago Vocational High School.
The death was the second to hit the Smith household. Andre’s father, Eric, died in 2000 after a tragic motorcycle accident.
By: Evan F. Moore - October 28, 2015 3:34 p.m.
The Chicago Police Department announced that charges were filed against two men in connection with a triple homicide in Fuller Park.
By: Evan F. Moore - October 28, 2015 2:22 p.m.
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) announced this week a proposed charter school accountability policy that will hold charter schools to the same academic standards as district-run schools and allow CPS to take swift action against poor performers.
By: Norman Parish - October 28, 2015 2:19 p.m.
Jared Higgins used to skip classes about three days a week as a student at Homewood-Flossmoor High School in Flossmoor, Ill.
By: Evan F. Moore - October 28, 2015 2:19 p.m.
A video of a South Carolina police officer assaulting a female high school student in a classroom went viral this week. Many social media users used the hashtag “#AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh to voice their outrage over the recording.
By: Evan F. Moore - October 28, 2015 2:17 p.m.
The National Law Enforcement Partnership to Prevent Gun Violence, a coalition of nine national law enforcement leadership organizations, discussed gun violence occurring across the U.S. at a press conference during the annual conference of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) at Chicago’s McCormick Place this week.
By: Norman Parish - October 28, 2015 2:01 p.m.
A community activist was selected for the vacant seat of Ill. State Rep. Esther Golar, who died last month.
By: Evan F. Moore - October 28, 2015 1:48 p.m.
Jahmal Cole once volunteered at Cook County Jail’s Juvenile Detention Facility Automatic Transfer Unit.
“I noticed the teenaged boys were shackled like animals. Once the guard let them out of their chains, the young men approached me, shook my hand and hugged me,” Cole says. “As I sat back and listened to them, I couldn't help but feel like we [Chicagoans] had let these young men down. They grew up in communities with no access to opportunities, while most people live in comfortable Chicago communities wrapped up in an illusion of security.”
By: Norman Parish - October 28, 2015 1:09 p.m.
Former Chicago Ald. Sandi Jackson, who pleaded guilty to filing false income tax returns, started her one-year sentence in a federal prison camp in West Virginia, federal officials said.
By: Norman Parish - October 28, 2015 12:53 p.m.
African Americans are roughly 15 percent of the state’s population but get less than 10 percent of Illinois Tollway contracts.
By: Norman Parish - October 28, 2015 12:46 p.m.
Just two weeks ago, activist Tio Hardiman announced that he changed plans to seek a seat in Congress, and instead is running for Cook County Circuit Court Clerk – surprising some political insiders.
By: Evan F. Moore - October 28, 2015 12:35 p.m.
Gregory A. Thomas is the current president of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Execuctives (NOBLE). NOBLE has nearly 60 chapters and over 3,000 members worldwide.
By: Norman Parish - October 22, 2015 12:56 p.m.
An office of diversity is being proposed as part of city government in Chicago by African American and Hispanic aldermen.
Cancer is much less common in elephants than in humans, even though the big beasts' bodies have many more cells. That's a paradox known among scientists, and now researchers think they may have an explanation — one they say might someday lead to new ways to protect people from cancer.
