Chicago

The DOJ is expected to announce the investigation this week.   After demands from Illinois politicians and the general public, the Department of Justice will…

UPDATED: Thursday, December 3, 2015 2:50 PM EST Watch Roland Martin, April Lawson, Founder of the Women in Action for Peace Network and the NewsOne Now…

Now we’re wondering when Emanuel is going to take the hint and resign, too. Update at 12/1/2015, 2:38 pm: Chi-town Mayor Rahm Emanuel finally broke…

CORRECTS DAY/DATE TAKEN TO TUESDAY, NOV. 24, INSTEAD OF WEDNESDAY, NOV. 25 – Protesters march during a demonstration for 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, in Chicago. Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke, who shot McDonald 16 times last year, was charged with first-degree murder Tuesday, hours before the city released a video of the killing. […]

Outraged over the violent shooting of Laquan McDonald by a white Chicago police officer, protesters on Tuesday took to the streets and social media to…

Rev. Al Sharpton talks about what’s next in the case of Laquan McDonald, the teen who was killed by a Chicago Police Department officer 16…

It took over a year for this video to be released, which shows a white police officer gunning down a black teenager in the middle…

Children in Chicago are being terrorized by gun violence and we’re talking about a no-sex protest?   I’m from Chicago. My parents are both from…

I’m weary of writing about young Black boys being gunned down by young Black men. There’s a $20,000 reward for information leading to the killer…

*NeNe Leakes is headed back to Broadway. The reality star, 47, took to Instagram on Thursday to announce that she’ll be back on the New…

Seven-year-old Amari Brown was among the victims of ten fatal shootings in Chicago over the long Fourth of July weekend, which saw 64 shootings in total,…

Chicago Public Schools Chief Barbara Byrd-Bennett has resigned from office amid a federal investigation into a $20.5 million no-bid contract to one of her former…