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  Emmett till Disappeared 60 years ago today August 24   Sixty years ago on this date, Chicago native Emmett Till whistled at a white…

The United States Senate is known as the most exclusive club in the world, so exclusive that only nine Black people have ever had membership…

*Kim Kardashian was likely attempting to break the Internet again – this time with Hillary Clinton. The reality star attended a fundraiser for the Democratic candidate Thursday evening and scored a selfie with Clinton…and with her husband Kanye West, photobombing from the right. “I got my selfie!!! I really loved hearing her speak & hearing […]

Cannon Lambert Sr. the attorney for the family of Sandra Bland addresses the media during a news conference at Dupage African Methodist Episcopal Church on…

CHICAGO (AP) — The latest on the investigation into the death of a woman who authorities say hanged herself in a Texas jail cell (all…

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. returned to his family’s Washington, D.C., home on Monday after leaving a halfway house where he…

Senator Emil Jones Legislation Helps the Fight Against the Spread of HIV/AIDs By Eleana Elon Contrary to popular belief though not spoken many believe that AIDs…

Matteson, IL- The Democratic Women of the South Suburbs are sponsoring the 2015 Youth Democracy Lobby Day on Wednesday, April 29, 2015. 50 girls chosen…

NEW YORK (AP) — The lecture hall had filled quickly. Several students arrived wearing keffiyehs, the traditional Palestinian headscarves, while in the front row, a…

CHICAGO (AP) — A prominent Islamic scholar and longtime head of a suburban Chicago school has been charged with sexually abusing a 23-year-old woman who…