A city in Illinois has announced it will create a reparations fund for its African American community through a new tax on marijuana sales. Recreational use of the drug will become legal in the state from January and officials in Evanston, which is 12 miles north of Chicago, have voted to approve a 3 per…
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Black Chicago man and other people of color, come forward, to call out clergy abuse
While very little has been done to aptly investigate and penalize predator priests, far less has been done to help vindicate victims of clergy abuse, especially those of color. While very little has been done to aptly investigate and penalize predator priests, far less has been done to help vindicate victims of clergy abuse, especially…
Honor Student Is Struck in Head by Stray Bullet While Sitting at Computer, Dies on Her 12th Birthday
Kentavia Blackful was planning her birthday party when a stray bullet hit her in the head. Kentavia Blackful was sitting in the living room in her family home outside Chicago on Monday evening, excitedly planning her 12th birthday party. The sixth grader was choosing T-shirt designs for her friends while the rest of her family…
Chicago Rapper Noname Launches Book Club Celebrating Writers of Color
Chicago rapper Fatimah Nyeema Warner, better known as “Noname,” continues to make her hometown proud. More recently, the 27-year-old musician announced that she is launching a new book club. Entitled “Noname’s Book Club,” the group will “highlight progressive work from writers of color and writers within the LGBTQ community.” It’s safe to say that a…
Drug Convictions Overturned For 10 Black Men Framed by Chicago Police Sergeant: ‘He took everything from me’
Derrick Lewis knew he wasn’t guilty of committing drug-related crimes in the mid-2000s. But he pleaded guilty to the cases in his mid-20s because he knew he faced the possibility of decades in prison, he said.
Chicago Nail Shop Owner Begs to ‘Stay In Business’ After Black Men Shut Down Shop to Protest Treatment of Black Women
A Chicago nail shop owner who initially contended he did nothing wrong when faced with allegations he mistreated Black customers has flipped his story, according to video of the man shown apologizing to Black women. “Let me stay in the business,” he said in the video filmmaker Tariq Nasheed shared on Twitter Friday. “Let me…
