The economic impact of closures in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic hit all businesses nationwide hard. But for Black-owned restaurants — already operating on thin margins – the closure has meant an even tougher fight for survival. Here are their stories…
A seven-mile bike path named after cycling’s first international Black sports star runs through the heart of the Black community. But the little known bike trail hasn’t had the same economic boon as the 606 trail.
At the first of several public meetings, residents questioned the Chicago Police Board’s impartiality to select to Chicago’s next top cop without interference from Mayor Emanuel.
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.
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….
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…
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…