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Chicago's constant battle with violent crime saw a slight improvement, but violence over the weekend doesn't seem to reflect it
The family of an 8-year-old Chicago boy filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Wednesday claiming he was unlawfully handcuffed by…
In a case of mistaken identity, Chicago police tried to execute a warrant and killed a man they assumed was…
Brittany Hill is being remembered as a hero after her baby girl survived a shooting outside her North Austin neighborhood…
On Monday, Chicago's first black woman mayor Lori Lightfoot was sworn into office and laid out her plan to transform…
Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing examined Cook County's evictions and found that in Black neighborhoods their tenants evicted at a…
Despite anger over hosting Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan, Saint Sabina church gave him a platform to respond…
Misconduct charges have been filed against a Chicago police officer who is accused of touching three women without their consent…
As the courtroom wrangling continues in the aftermath of charges being dropped against Jussie Smollett, his team says he shouldn't…
Judge Sheila O'Brien has subpoenaed Chicago's top prosecutor Kim Foxx to appear in court for a hearing over her handling…
The actor's brother say there is good reason to take him at his word and that the Chicago Police Department…
April Perry and Mark Rotert are off Kim Foxx's staff next month, but their resignations come close to the outcome…
Foxx and her office are in talks with Code for America to identify minor marijuana cases in the county, according…
Kwyn Townsend Riley is a BYP100 organizer and a queer, Black womxn from Chicago who wants to look past Lori…
Jussie Smollett is apparently not out of the woods yet. The City of Chicago wants the money it cost to…
[griojw id=”5PoEKS7F” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] TheGrio has launched a special series called #BlackonBlue to examine the relationship between law enforcement and African-Americans. Our reporters
Despite more African-American women and men in powerful political offices, there are other factors at play and many are looking…
U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, and activist Ja’Mal Green, and other supporters defended Cook County Prosecutor Kim Foxx against the city’s Fraternal…
Possible gang-related gunfire rang out on a Chicago street where at least 20 children were playing in broad daylight. But…