Mayoral candidate Chuy Garcia speaks at event in North Lawndale By La Risa Lynch Mayoral candidate Jesus “Chuy” Garcia supports increasing more restorative justice program within Chicago Public Schools as a way to “create good…
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A version of this article ran in the Austin Weekly News. By La Risa Lynch Echoing Dr. Martin Luther King’s principal of economic justice, a group of North Lawndale residents held a Jan. 15th rally…
KKK-Kin Killin’ Kin is artist James Pate’s private, but now very public protest, against Black on Black violence in urban communities nationwide. The Ohio artist uses stark charcoal drawings to visually compare Black on Black violence to that of the terrorism perpetrated against Blacks during the Jim Crow era by the Ku Klux Klan.
Singer gets personal with latest CD Side Effects of You This article originally appeared in Austin Weekly News. By La Risa Lynch Singer Fantasia Barrino proves she can’t be boxed in. Her latest album Side…
By La Risa Lynch Here’s a math question for you: How many Black-owned Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants are in the Chicago area. The answer will surprise you. Oak Park resident Maggie Anderson, who along with…
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By La Risa Lynch A section of Chatham — a community noted for being a bastion of Black middle class — topped the list for the highest number of homicides within the last 12 months,…
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….
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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…