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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel presented Civil Rights activist, Rev. Dr. Clay Evans, 89, with the City of Chicago’s Champion of Freedom Award during the 29th …
Published on January 21, 2015
In this Jan. 28, 2014, file photo, President Barack Obama delivers the State of Union address before a joint session of Congress in the House …
Published on January 20, 2015
L-R City of Chicago Treasurer & Marseil Jackosn, CEO & Founder of the Jackson Action Coalition, pose for a picture following the screening of "Selma" …
Published on January 14, 2015
Directed by Ava DuVernay, Selma depicts the suffrage movement led by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and the …
Published on January 14, 2015
Published on January 14, 2015
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) renewed Chicago’s Head Start Funding due to the strength of the city’s programs. According to HHS’ website, …
Published on January 14, 2015
Children stand near the scene of an explosion in a mobile phone market in Potiskum, Nigeria, Monday Jan. 12, 2015. Two female suicide bombers targeted …
Published on January 13, 2015
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., a Democratic sponsor of the long-stalled Keystone XL pipeline bill, flanked by Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., right, and Sen. Martin Heinrich, …
Published on January 9, 2015
Chris Rock and Wife Malaak Compton-Rock
Published on January 9, 2015
Published on January 9, 2015
Published on January 9, 2015
Rihanna
Published on January 9, 2015
Nicki Minaj
Published on January 9, 2015
Willow Smith
Published on January 9, 2015
Published on January 8, 2015
Janet Smith, co-director of University of Chicago's (UIC) Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement and lead author of a UIC study titled “The Socioeconomic …
Published on January 7, 2015
A study released last month, by UIC’s Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement, titled, “The Socioeconomic Change of Chicago’s Community Areas (1970-2010),” centers on …
Published on January 7, 2015
As part of the 98th Illinois General Assembly, the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus was responsible for legislation that became law on Jan. 1, 2015 that …
Published on January 7, 2015
Aries Woodfin, 33 was arrested Dec. 27 and charged in Cook County Criminal Court with various weapons violations after his alleged Facebook threats against police …
Published on January 7, 2015
The Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice (IDJJ) services and houses youth whose age are roughly 17 to 21 that have been committed to state custody …
Published on January 7, 2015