Nike goes Triple Black for this year’s BHM PEs. By Kyle Rooney Article Reprint Every year around Martin Luther King Day, Nike Basketball debuts their upcoming Black History Month collection which features unique takes on
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Video shows police tackling and beating a black man suspected of stealing a car. It was his.
Washington Post Article Reprint Pinned to the ground by officers who kneed and struck him, Lawrence Crosby screamed whatever he could think of to convince them that he was a law-abiding PhD student, not a
Read moreJustice Department: CPD Violated Constitutional Rights
Results of a 13-month federal investigation are expected to be released on Friday ebony.com Article Reprint On Friday, the Department of Justice will released the results of a 13-month federal investigation on the Chicago Police
Read moreStomach virus shuts Illinois high school for second day
By Susannah Cullinane Article Reprint (CNN) An Illinois high school has canceled classes for a second day due to a stomach virus affecting nearly a third of its 2,500 students.
Read moreIllinois Dairy Queen closed after racist spat
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES Article Reprint A Dairy Queen restaurant in Zion, Illinois, was closed Friday after a young mother said the franchise owner called her and her children a racial slur. The racially charged dispute
Read more‘Despicable’ Racially-Charged Torture Case Started As 2 Friends Hanging Out
By Ed Komenda, Kelly Bauer, Ariel Cheung and Josh McGhee Article Reprint CHICAGO — Far from home in the freezing cold, the bloodied and beaten suburban man wearing nothing but an inside-out tank top, sandals and jean shorts hobbled down
Read moreJesse Jackson Jr., Sandi Jackson Take Divorce Battle to Washington
By Jessica D’Onofrio Article Reprint CHICAGO (WLS) –Former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. and his estranged wife, former Chicago alderman Sandi Jackson, took their divorce battle to court in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday.
Read moreBlacks Systematically Barred from Temporary Jobs in Chicago
“The Black applicants would wind up sitting in the office beginning at dawn, watching Hispanics get assigned to work all day long. by Glen Ford Article Reprint A national temporary worker staffing agency and a
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