#RiseUpOctober set for New York City
Families of victims of police misconduct urge support of national march to demand more accountability in law enforcement
National Green the Church Summit comes to Chicago
Event aims to empower Black Churches to be leaders in the eco-justice movement By La Risa Lynch The Black church has a long history of launching social movements from abolishing slavery to securing voting rights. The new social cause…
Taliaferro ekes out win in close 29th ward runoff race
Taliaferro defeats 29th Ward Alderwoman Deborah Graham in heated runoff election by a slim margin
School-to-prison pipeline examined in student produced film
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…
North Lawndale a viable site for Obama Library
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…
Treasurer Summers proposes investing in Black neighborhoods
City Treasurer Summers floats idea of investing employee pension and retirement funds in Chicago’s neighborhoods. These investments makes good sense and would boost the local economy, create jobs and a stronger tax base from new businesses and entrepreneurs those investments would generate.
Residents want community benefits agreement for Lakeside development
By La Risa Lynch It’s the last and considerably the biggest parcel of lakefront property to be developed on the city’s south side creating nearly 140,000 jobs and more than 13,000 housing units. But residents…
Ray Charles immortalized on U.S. postal stamp
WASHINGTON — On what would have been his 83rd birthday, the “father of soul,” Ray Charles, was the latest inductee into the United States Postal Service’s Music Icons Forever Stamp Series on Monday, September 23rd….
KKK-Kin Killin’ Kin: Artist James Pate’s protest against Black on Black violence
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.
Fantasia: In her own words
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…