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The University of Chicago in Hyde Park created a new financial assistance program in 2018 as a way to diversify its student population that provides …
Published on December 25, 2019
Published on December 25, 2019
Richard Wooten, a longtime Chatham resident and retired Chicago police officer, has developed a new mobile app that’s free and allows a user to quickly …
Published on December 25, 2019
At the podium speaking is entrepreneur Everett Rand as he kicked off the Christmas in the Wards event on Dec. 19, 2019, which there marks …
Published on December 25, 2019
Michelle Obama participates in a Let’s Move! and Sesame Street public service announcement taping with Big Bird in the White House Kitchen, 2013.
Published on December 25, 2019
Duane Davis, executive director of K-12 Education Initiatives for the Office of the President at the University of Chicago, spoke to elementary students at a …
Published on December 18, 2019
(from left) Robbins Mayor Tyrone Ward, Robbins Trustee Jacquelyn Henry and Robbins Police Chief Roy Williams Sr. happily stood with an elementary student from Robbins, …
Published on December 18, 2019
(left to right) Waldo McMillian from Charter Communications, Congresswoman Yvette Clarke (D-NY), BNC Chairman JC Watts Photo: Cheryl Brownlee
Published on December 18, 2019
Howard University recently announced the selection of six students who will receive the Patricia Roberts Harris Public Affairs Fellowship (PRH).
Published on December 18, 2019
SSENSE dogwear (CNW Group/SSENSE)
Published on December 18, 2019
Marianne Jean Baptiste as Sheila
Published on December 18, 2019
Ald. Leslie Hairston (in blue) participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Dec. 11, 2019 for the grand opening of Local Market, a 62,000-square foot grocery …
Published on December 18, 2019
Published on December 18, 2019
Actress and author Sonia Manzano
Published on December 18, 2019
Jerald LeVon Hoover released his debut YA title My Friend, My Hero in 1992. A year later, he was awarded Best New Male Writer of …
Published on December 18, 2019
Aki Spicer named chief strategy officer of Leo Burnett Chicago
Published on December 18, 2019
Mayor Lori Lightfoot met with the Black Press at City Hall on Dec. 13, 2019 where she laid out her vision to improve economic development …
Published on December 18, 2019
(from left) Shakira Luster, Trechelle Williams and Imani Hill, three eighth graders at St. Ethelreda School, 8734 S. Paulina Ave., proudly show off their state …
Published on December 18, 2019
By the end of the year, BJ’s Market & Bakery, a black-owned restaurant at 8734 S. Stony Island Ave., is relocating to the Stony Island …
Published on December 18, 2019
After growing up poor in the West Englewood neighborhood with his mother and younger sister, Maurice Washington, 27, now lives in Kenwood and is a …
Published on December 11, 2019