Leslé Honoré is a mother, the executive director of The K.L.E.O. Center nonprofit, and a renowned poet from Chicago. The third achievement recently garnered Honoré national attention
The city of Chicago, aka Chiraq, is no stranger to violence that includes random shootings and questionable police shootings. The situation with the Chicago Police
The 29th annual Festival of the Arts continued the tradition of exposing Chicago to the African diaspora. Family, music, art and commerce are at the
Nike has completely rejuvenated the inside of a West Side church in Chicago to bring fun and basketball to young athletes in the community. The
Tym Wallace is an innovator in the realm of beauty. Hailing from the Windy City, he matriculated through Chicago’s Dudley Beauty College. His dreams took him
Midway Plaisance in Chicago was the home of the 6th Annual Windy City Carnival. It’s a family oriented event focused on celebrating the Caribbean. People
The Bud Billiken Parade is the oldest African American parade in the United States and will always signal the start of a new school year
Police officers in Chicago allegedly attempted to entrap Black people. According to a video post by Charles McKenzie, police officers placed a truck loaded with
Dedry Jones, a Chicago business owner and creator of The Experience, has died. He was found unresponsive in his home yesterday. For almost three decades Jones was
Matt Muse has been making a lot of noise on the Chicago music scene as of late. His stylings are traditional yet fresh and represent hip-hop
Let me start off by saying that this is not just about Lauryn Hill. (Stay with me. We’ll get to her.) This is about the
“Snowfall” continues its riveting story about the infancy of the crack cocaine epidemic and its ultimate radical impact on the culture. John Singleton, best known for
Under the threat of rain, the Silver Room Block Party still managed to light up the South Side of Chicago with music, food, vendors and
On this week’s edition of White people who call the police on Blacks for non-threatening reasons, a CVS worker in Chicago stepped into the leading
V103 hosted its 4th annual Block Party at the Huntington Pavilion in downtown Chicago overlooking Lake Michigan. It was a high powered affair. Daley, Tank,
Chance the Rapper and Kanye West are going to record their joint album in Chicago together. The two are working on what has been described
Small business is the life blood of our economy. In many instances, the lack of funding and brick and mortar stores can be prohibitive. As
The Chosen Few Picnic is everything that is great about Chicago. In its 28th year, an event that started off as a small gathering behind
On July 7, 2018, Father Michael Pfleger and a few thousand of his supporters shut down a Chicago expressway known as the Dan Ryan in
A Facebook live video seen by thousands has resulted in a Black teen being rescued from sex traffickers. The video, which circulated last month, showed
