Civil rights marchers protest housing discrimination in Chicago on Aug. 2, 1966. AP Photo
by Colin Gordon, University of Iowa
Donald Trump has picked former football...
By Erick Johnson of The Chicago Crusader
Publishers and owners of Chicago’s Black media organizations have banded together, urging Mayor Brandon Johnson to keep his...
Steelworkers line up for their paychecks at U.S. Steel’s South Works in Chicago in 1959. Bettman Collection via Getty Images
by Amanda McMillan Lequieu, Drexel...
President Biden delivers the final speech during Day 1 of the 2024 Democratic National Convention.
CHICAGO – Since Vice President Kamala Harris declared, "We did...
A New York-based lending firm is facing serious allegations of exploiting Black families in Chicago, pushing them into foreclosure as part of a scheme...
A groundbreaking report from The New School’s Institute on Race, Power, and Political Economy, in collaboration with the Chicago Community Trust, has cast a...
A Chicago suburb has recently found itself at the center of a legal frenzy involving reparations. The city of Evanston has garnered national attention...
by Joshua F.J. Inwood, Penn State and Derek H. Alderman, University of Tennessee
When historian Carter Woodson created “Negro History Week” in 1926, which became...
