President Donald Trump awkwardly pressed April Ryan about having friends within the Congressional Black Caucus after the Black journalist questioned him about improving inner cities during a contentious press conference Thursday.
In 2007, Blair Holt died covering Tiara Reed during a school bus shooting. She has vowed to spend her life paying his bravery forward.
A dispute over sneakers and pants turned deadly. Rep. Danny Davis pledges to prevent more tragedies like this.
Plus, CNN cuts ties with Donna Brazile; WikiLeaks show she shared debate questions with Clinton and author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is the new face of Boots No7.
Tenisha Taylor Bell’s father, Ezekiel Taylor, was a victim of gun violence on Chicago’s South Side in 1982. She recently released a video of the story that has gone viral. The Former CNN executive producer is now using her tragic loss as motivation to help at-risk African-American males in Chicago through a scholarship foundation. The Ezekiel Taylor […]
Dwyane Wade‘s cousin was shot and killed in Chicago Friday afternoon while pushing her 3-week-old baby girl in a stroller on the city’s South Side, reports the New York Daily News, precipitating the latest outcry against gun violence in a city wracked by violence. https://twitter.com/Robin42CD/status/769528602895396864 Nykea Aldridge, 32, a mother of four, was gunned down as she walked to […]
Chicago police on Friday released body cam footage from the fatal shooting of unarmed Black teenager Paul O’Neal that shows officers firing down a street as the alleged car thief sped away and, moments later, officers handcuffing him as he lay mortally wounded behind a home on the city’s South Side, reports The Chicago Tribune. The footage shows officers firing at least 15 shots […]
City officials and community leaders are fearing the worst, saying that the heightened gun violence will only increase over the summer
The Sun writes that Redwood, a relative, gave the girl a loaded .38 caliber revolver, telling her to "shoot the b---."
A jury deliberated for just over two hours Saturday, finding 27-year-old Donnell Flora guilty of first-degree murder, attempted murder and aggravated battery in the death of Endia Martin.
Chicago is a violent city but it’s not the murder capital of the country. That’s according to a recent study by the Pew Research Center. A…
As the nation mourns the death of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton, the Chicago teen who just performed with the King College Prep High School drill team…