Tammy Duckworth

CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS VISITS CHICAGO WITH TAMMY DUCKWORTH by Kai EL’ Zabar Executive Editor Congressman John Lewis, born outside Troy, Alabama, Pike County to sharecroppers grew up on his family’s farm and attended segregated public schools. There as a young child he heard and the words of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., on radio […]

Early Voting Goes Wrong in Bronzeville By Ken Hare Chicago Defender Staff Writer Just last week while most Chicagoans were taking advantage of the unseasonably…

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…

Zopp for Senate Campaign responds to the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee’s announcement of their endorsement of Tammy Duckworth “Frankly I’m saddened and shocked that the…

It’s official! Chicago Urban League President and CEO Andrea Zopp is entering the 2016 Illinois U.S. Senate race, she confirmed Friday to NBC 5 Chicago. Although, there…

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Marine Corps’ chaplain, speaking Sunday to a congregation that has tied gold ribbons on the church’s fence in honor…