The Rosenwald is redeveloped and reimagined to provide affordable housing for Bronzeville residents. From 1929 through the 1960s, the Michigan Boulevard Garden Apartments, dubbed by residents as “the Rosenwald,” was the bustling home of Chicago’s Black working families and booming retail storefronts. Julius Rosenwald, then president of Sears, Roebuck & Co., built the 454-unit complex, […]
By the time a familiar Chicago columnist dropped the news that former Chicago Urban League President and Illinois U.S. Senate candidate, Andrea Zopp would be…
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Pullman Porter to Postal Worker What Happens If Rauner Busts The Unions? By Robert T. Starks Defender Contributing Writer The state budget stalemate continues because…
Meeting the Deadline or Getting it Right? By Ken Hare Chicago Defender Staff Writer The newly appointed Police Board tasked with finding Chicago’s next police chief …
Can Chicago Police Really Be Held Accountable? By Ken Hare Chicago Defender Staff Writer Last week, the Police Accountability Task Force (PATF), held the second…
eve. Michelle Harris Staffers – Disrespectful Towards The Press By Ken Hare Chicago Defender Staff Writer In a brazen moment of careless disrespect, Alderman Michelle…
CHICAGO (AP) — A white Chicago police officer charged with murder in the 2014 fatal shooting of Black teenager Laquan McDonald pleaded not guilty Tuesday.…
