by La Risa Lynch “We have not won this election,” Carol Moseley Braun told a crowd of supporters gathered at the Parkway Ballroom Tuesday night. “It’s a painful thing to lose an election,” she added….
In the waning days of the mayoral campaign, candidate Miguel del Valle dropped by a Red Line Extension meeting in the Roseland community Friday. The Developing Communities Projected hosted the meeting at Lillydale Progressive Baptist…
Olympian Cullen Jones was named to TheGrio.com’s 100 African-Americans as part of the news website celebration of Black History Month. The acknowledgment fits Jones. The 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist has devoted his time out of…
Groups host FAFSA completion workshops by La Risa Lynch Brandon Williams knew he wanted to go to college, but worried about paying for it. “It was just me and my grandmother,” said the 2010 Julian…
Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White today announced that he is endorsing Rahm Emanuel for Mayor of Chicago. Citing Rahm’s strength and experience, White believes Rahm is uniquely qualified to increase the safety of our…
Artists, authors and graphic novelists converge at Kenwood Academy High School on Chicago’s south side to share their insights about a growing movement of Black comic book writers and how they are creating a niche in the comic book industry that has now embraced Black superheroes. Also see how author L.A Banks has created a Black version of popular vampire novels, like Twilight, in the Vampire Huntress.
Pfleger: “Vanish violence for 2011” by Chinta Strausberg For 2011, Police Supt. Jody Weis is cracking down on shooters and expanding his partnerships with the community he says is key in reducing the violence that…
Coalition that selected him as consensus candidate not consulted by La Risa Lynch Carol Moseley Braun is now the only major Black candidate in the city’s race for mayor after Congressman Danny Davis and state…
Other Blacks still plan to run as Cong. Davis is chosen as consensus candidate by La Risa Lynch And then there was one. A coalition of Black political, community and religious leaders picked Cong. Danny…
by La Risa Lynch Mayoral hopeful state Senator Rickey R. Hendon (D-5) is putting words into action on a campaign promise to reopen Meig’s Field. He has filed a resolution with the Illinois General Assembly…