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An exhibition organized by the Pratt Manhattan gallery, 144 West 14th St., New York NY, features the work of 10 black designers.
Published on April 11, 2014
Vice President Joe Biden
Published on April 11, 2014
Home Depot "Team Depot" Associate Volunteers are set to plant edible gardens for 1,000 homeless veterans at housing facilities across the country.
Published on April 11, 2014
(L-R): Sarah Clements, Jr. Newtown Action Alliance chairwoman and Nathaniel Pendleton, father of slain Chicago teen Hadiya Pendleton who was shot and killed in a …
Published on April 11, 2014
Area residents take part in the Calumet River clean-up last year.
Published on April 11, 2014
The Little Calumet River is said to have been used for everything a river could be used for good and bad. The pollution has been …
Published on April 11, 2014
Teena’s Legacy’s held a 5K Walk for Peace this past weekend at Ogden Park, 6500 S. Racine, to raise funds to create a program that …
Published on April 11, 2014
Walkers for Teena’s Legacy’s 5K Walk for Peace made their way along the trail that circles Ogden Park to complete the 5K – equivalent to …
Published on April 11, 2014
A1995 study by child psychologists Betty Hart and Todd R. Risley found that, by age 4, children in poverty heard 30 million fewer words than …
Published on April 11, 2014
Dana Suskind, professor of surgery and pediatrics and director of the Pediatric Cochlear Implantation Program at the University of Chicago Medicine, founded the Thirty Million …
Published on April 11, 2014
Actors Cynthia Davis (Brenda) and Glyn Turman (LeRoy Preach Jackson) were cast as a high school couple in the 1975, Black film classic, Cooley High.
Published on April 11, 2014
(L-R) Actors Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs who played Cochise and Glen Turman, (LeRoy Preach Jackson, in the 1975, Black film classic, Cooley High, were in Chicago recently, …
Published on April 11, 2014
Cast members of the 1975 film classic, Cooley High. (L-R) Corin Rogers (Pooter), Joseph Carter Wilson (Tyrone), Glen Turman (LeRoy "Preach" Jackson), and Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs …
Published on April 11, 2014
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and State's Attorney, Anita Alvarez, filed a lawsuit claiming predatory lending practices against, Bank of America and HSBC.
Published on April 11, 2014
Zombie properties will make it harder for Cook County to recover fully from the housing crisis, especially in the neighborhoods where they are concentrated. Zombies …
Published on April 11, 2014
Ill. Gov. Pat Quinn announced last week that Illinois’ 2011 income tax increase would remain in place as part of his proposed $36.8 billion Fiscal …
Published on April 9, 2014
Ill. Gov. Pat Quinn announced last week that Illinois’ 2011 income tax increase would remain in place as part of his proposed $36.8 billion Fiscal …
Published on April 9, 2014
The Red Pump Project Founders Karyn Watkins (left) and Luvvie Ajayi at the 5th Annual Rock the Red Fashion Show at 1240 W. Randolph
Published on April 2, 2014
“I meet with people who are HIV positive and help them learn about what is happening with them and help them cope with it. I …
Published on April 2, 2014
“I’ve never seen anything like this before for minority women. . I don’t think if I worked at this a year I would get as …
Published on April 2, 2014