By: Larissa M. Tyler - July 22, 2015 3:35 p.m.
“We don’t want it!” “We don’t it!” We don’t want it!”
That is what nearly 100 members of the Eight Ward Accountability Coalition (EWAC), a neighborhood organization, angrily chanted during a recent community meeting in protest of a proposed opening of a medical marijuana dispensary in Chicago’s Chatham neighborhood.
By: Norman Parish - July 22, 2015 2:52 p.m.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. criticized the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee for endorsing U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth instead of Andrea Zopp in the U.S. Senate race in Illinois.
By: Norman Parish - July 22, 2015 12:06 p.m.
When Stacy Harris was a teen on Chicago’s South Side, he dealt drugs and brawled a lot.
Now, Harris, 44, owns a small car dealership in northwest Indiana.
He credits a 75-year-old South Shore barber with helping him turn his life around: El-Hajj Elshabazz.
Police officers help a demonstrator to his feet after he fainted during a clash with the police in Paris, France, Wednesday, July 8, 2015.
By: Norman Parish - July 16, 2015 4:35 p.m.
Abena Joan Brown, founder of the ETA Creative Arts Theater on Chicago’s South Side, died Sunday after a short illness.
By: Norman Parish - July 15, 2015 4:59 p.m.
Just two years ago, Shannon Williams ate lobster and cheesecake at the Taste of Chicago festival in Grant Park.
But on Sunday, she ate corn, noodles and water melon. That’s because the 37-year-old resident of Chicago’s Auburn Gresham neighborhood participated in the Humana Healthier Choices Rewards Program.
By: Norman Parish - July 15, 2015 4:52 p.m.
The first black-owned airport in the nation. Black leadership for nearly a century. And former residents with big names, like Dwyane Wade and Keke Palmer.
Those are just a few of the examples that Tyrone Haymore uses to argue that Robbins, Ill. is the most historical black community in the United States.
After being found guilty of money laundering last year, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's daughter, Jeri Wright, received a two-year prison sentence last Thursday.
She will also have to pay $31,821 in restitution and be under supervision for three years after her prison release.
By: Norman Parish - July 15, 2015 4:01 p.m.
Denise Sherman had never been to the annual Arts and Crafts Festival at the DuSable Museum of African American History.
But on Saturday, the 55-year-old woman decided to visit the 41st annual event because she loves to dance.
By: Norman Parish - July 15, 2015 12:52 p.m.
The city of Chicago is offering low income residents Divvy Bike annual memberships for $5 instead of the normal rate of $75.
Minorities seeking help to launch new businesses can get free assistance from an outreach center at Governors State University in University Park, Ill., the head of the center said.
By: Norman Parish - July 15, 2015 12:22 p.m.
Retired Chicago Public Schools teacher, Sharon Byron, has attended so many funerals of former students, she has lost count.
On Saturday, Byron added one more to her list: the funeral of Willie Lee Hunter, 31, who was killed while with his brother, John Lee Hunter, 25, who was also killed.
The siblings, memorialized in white caskets, had a joint service at Gatling’s Chapel, 10133 Halsted St.
By: Norman Parish - July 15, 2015 12:15 p.m.
The National Urban League’s presidential candidate plenary appears to be star-studded.
Jeb Bush, Dr. Benjamin Carson, Hillary Clinton and Martin O’Malley have all confirmed to appear at the July 31st event in Florida, according to the League’s website.
Girls in stylish athletic wear walk the runway as the sounds of Taylor Swift and Katy Perry blare from speakers. The crowd claps and cheers as the young models strike poses with basketballs, lacrosse sticks and boxing gloves. Finally, the big reveal: the Lady Warriors community traveling basketball team takes the stage in their cardinal red uniforms.
Misty Copeland, the Missouri-born ballerina who's become a forceful voice for diversity in ballet and achieved a celebrity that far transcends that rarified world, was named principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre on Tuesday — the first African-American woman to reach that status in the company's 75-year history.
