Lists hurt. They shouldn’t and they didn’t use to.  There was a time when lists were all about fun things. The Best Place to get…

Since 1969, the deaths of prominent Black Panthers Fred Hampton and Mark Clark have been shrouded in mystery with claims that the Panther leader and his fellow member, respectively,…

Overcrowding has long plagued Chicago’s Cook County jail and Commissioner Larry Suffredin, (D-13th),  has proposed using taxpayer dollars to bail out low-level inmates who are…

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Roland Martin talks with Mari Gallagher about Whole Foods opening a store in inner-city Chicago and the other initiatives happening in our communities to promote…

Despite his super stardom and success, rapper Kanye West hasn’t forgotten about the struggles of his hometown of Chicago. That’s why the Chi-town native is teaming up…

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So far this year, 232 people have been killed in Chicago, about 9 percent below the 10-year average for this time of year, the Daily…

Instead of taking a page from New York mayor Michael Bloomberg and slut-shaming teen girls into abstinence, the Chicago Department of Public Health has reframed…

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A Chicago high school student is facing charges after spiking a container of marinara sauce with some very spicy hot sauce, sending three people to…

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According to the Chicago Tribune, at least three people were killed and 17 injured in shootings across Chicago on April 29, 2013. The ages of…

How ya doing Broadway? Talk-show host and author Wendy Williams will spend seven weeks playing Matron “Mama” Morton, in the Tony award-winning musical Chicago. The role Queen Latifah earned an Oscar nomination in 2003. Williams will be cast as a corrupt jail-cell mastermind, her limited run begins June 25 and will last seven weeks. We’ve […]

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Chicago native Jacqueline Kennedy-Harris (pictured center) walked out of prison in 1992 and vowed it would be her last stint behind bars. She was homeless…

First Lady Michelle Obama (pictured standing) will be returning home next month to join Chicago Mayor and former White House Chief Of Staff Rahm Emanuel…