theGrio

Back to the Top

Main menu

Skip to primary content
Skip to secondary content
  • Home
  • Entertainment
    • Music
    • The Dish
  • Health
    • Ask Dr. Ty
    • Black Men’s Health
    • Black Women and Breast Cancer
    • Back to School Health
  • Living
    • Travel and Leisure
    • Living Forward
    • Books
  • Politics
    • Perry on Politics
  • Sports
  • News
    • Good News
  • Opinion

Rahm Emanuel

Soprano Renee Fleming performs with world-famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma and a choir of dozens of high school students in the rotunda of the James R. Thompson Center in Chicago. The glass-paneled building is mentioned as a possible location for a casino should Illinois lawmakers pass a proposed plan. Trying to get a Chicago casino isn't new, but the latest proposal OK'd recently by the Illinois Senate is seen as the best chance yet. There are still lingering concerns about corruption. The bill proposes five casinos, including in Chicago. The city casino would have its own board, something experts say is unique among other urban casinos that report to state boards. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

Mayor, lawmakers make case for Chicago casino

Sophia Tareen, Associated Press
The latest bill — which recently cleared the Illinois Senate and also would allow slot machines located in lounges at O'Hare and Midway — appears to have the best chance yet.
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
Harold Washington, mayor of the city of Chicago, on 12/14/86 in Chicago, Il. (Photo by Paul Natkin/WireImage)

Chicago remembers Harold Washington's legacy

Renita D. Young
theGRIO REPORT - As Chicagoans mark the 30th anniversary of its first African-American mayor Harold Washington’s inauguration on April 29, the effects of his rule and the movement that put him in office could still be felt across the country...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
First lady Michelle Obama visits Harper High School in the Englewood neighborhood to talk with students about the plague of violence in their area April 10, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. According to published reports Chicago has had 79 murders in 2013. Twenty-seven of the victims have been under 21-years-old, the most recent victim was fourteen-year-old Michael Orozco who died April 7, from two gunshot wounds to his chest. A 17 and a 19-year-old are in custody for Orozco's murder. (Photo by Nancy Stone-Pool/Getty Images)

Chicago gun violence is personal for first lady

Renita D. Young
theGRIO REPORT - Since Chicago topped 500 murders in 2012, followed by Hadiya Pendleton’s death in February, the city’s gun violence issue has received more national attention..
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
With police officers who solved the case behind him, Chicago Police Superintendant Garry McCarthy announces arrests have been made in the murder of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton during a press conference at Area Central on February 11, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Suspected gang members Micheail Ward and Kenneth Williams have been charged in the murder. McCarthy said the two thought they were shooting at rival gang members in retaliation for a July 2012 incident when Williams was shot. Hadiya's murder was the 44th murder in Chicago in January. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Are Chicago cops driving the murder rate down?

Renita D. Young
theGRIO REPORT - Dubbed the deadliest city in America, Chicago showed signs of improvement through the first quarter of 2013, a move Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy say is a direct result of a coordinated strategy among the city and police...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
Anton Watson (C) and other children participate in a peace vigil in the Washington Park neighborhood on November 30, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. About 75 children, teachers, and parents were joined by area residents and religious leaders as they marched in the streets to draw attention to the violence that plagues their Southside neighborhood. Through the end of October 436 people were murdered in Chicago, surpassing the 435 murders for all of 2011. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Murders fall 42 percent in Chicago

Tracy Connor, Staff Writer, NBC News
CHICAGO - Three months after Chicago notched the most murders in the nation, officials are touting a dramatic downturn in crime...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
Judy Watkins (C), the mother of slain infant Jonylah Watkins, mourns during a vigil on March 12, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. The 6-month-old girl was shot five times on the 6500 block of South Maryland Avenue while her father was changing her diaper in the passenger seat of his car. The father, Jonathan Watkins remains is stable condition at Nothwestern Memorial Hospital after receiving three gunshot wounds.(Photo by Jonathan Gibby/Getty Images)

Are gangs a bigger threat than guns in Chicago?

Renita D. Young
theGRIO REPORT - This year, Chicago received national attention because if its violence issue, a problem that along with other undesirable traditions, has plagued the city for years...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
Shirley Chambers, 54, buried her last surviving child Monday. He was the fourth of her children who died of Chicago gun violence (theGrio)

Chicago mom attends funeral for 4th child dead from gun violence

Renita D. Young
theGRIO REPORT - With over 40 homicides and more than 150 shootings in Chicago, the country’s third most populous city reached a grim death toll in January...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
Nate Pendleton comforts his son Nathaniel, 10, and his wife Cleopatra as they listen to speakers at a press conference in a neighborhood park where Nate's daughter Hadiya was killed on January 30, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Fifteen-year-old Hadiya was shot and killed when a gunman opened fire in the park yesterday while she was hanging out with friends on the warm rainy afternoon under a shelter in the park. Hadiya was a majorette in her high school band and recently performed in Washington, D.C. during the inauguration. President Obama's Chicago home is less than a mile from the park where Hadiya was killed. Another person was wounded in the leg during the shooting. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Hadiya Pendleton murder sparks national debate

Renita D. Young
theGRIO REPORT - Following months of a re-ignited gun reform debate, the fatal shooting of 15-year-old honor student Hadiya Pendleton at a Chicago park added more fuel to the fire, causing residents and officials to put out major calls of action countrywide...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel discusses a plan to reassign 200 police officers from administrative duties back to patrol duties during a press conference on January 31, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago has been faced with a rising murder rate largely attributed to an increase in gang related violence. Last year the city had more than 500 murders. The city has had more than 40 murders in January 2013, surpassing the total for January 2012. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

After Hadiya, Chicago to put 200 cops on street

Tracy Connor, Staff Writer, NBC News
NBC NEWS - Two days after a teen who performed at President Obama's inauguration weekend was gunned down, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is set to yank 200 cops from desk jobs and make them fight crime on the streets...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
susan rice

Obama likely to shift from 'Team of Rivals' to close allies

Perry Bacon Jr.
theGRIO REPORT - In his first term, President Obama picked big names such as Robert Gates, Hillary Clinton and James Jones for his cabinet, bypassing campaign aides and longtime advisers...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
  • Page 1 of 6
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • >

  • Learn about our User Panel

    Read More

  • See What Your Friends Are Reading

  • More from theGrio

Main menu

Skip to primary content
Skip to secondary content
  • Politics
  • Living
  • Video
  • Inspire
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • News
  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy
  • Advertise with TheGrio
  • About
©2013 NBCUniversal
Powered by WordPress.com VIP