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The Emmett Till Antilynching Act, introduced by Rep. Bobby Rush in 2019, passed in the House Monday, with three Republicans…
Chicago is launching a guaranteed basic income program supporting 5,000 low-income residents with $500 monthly issuances for a full year.
The Illinois Black Hall of Fame celebrates notable figures who helped cultivate the state’s rich cultural history.
A lawyer representing Martell Williams claims that police in Chicago tried to bribe the teenager with McDonalds to confess to…
This Black History Month, theGrio takes a look at President Obama's upcoming presidential library being constructed in Chicago's south side.
A school once named for Swiss American biologist Louis Agassiz has been renamed the Harriet Tubman Elementary School.
Joseph Igartua has been charged with stalking Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and firing a weapon near her home, authorities say.
Ernest Crim III and his wife were the victims of a vicious verbal attack by a woman who hurled the…
"Profiled: The Black Man," a four-part OWN docu-series on the Discovery+ network, debuted Saturday, featuring the company's co-founders.
A student recorded the lecture, which circulated on social media. The school moved to suspend Mary DeVoto and later terminated…
Former officer Jason Van Dyke left prison on Thursday after serving less than half of his nearly seven-year sentence for…
'They should be ashamed that they have allowed this to happen,' U.S. Congressional candidate Kina Collins told theGrio.
Missouri legislators explored a bill banning bias “on the basis of hair texture and protective hairstyles" in state-funded schools.
The NAACP urged Merrick Garland to bring federal civil rights charges against the white officer who fatally shot Black teen Laquan McDonald.
Kevin Dugar was convicted of a 2003 murder in Chicago. A decade later, his brother wrote to him confessing to…
Jason Van Dyke, who received a nearly seven-year prison sentence for Laquan McDonald's death, is reportedly getting out in early…
Chicago Public Schools has been plagued with issues during the pandemic, including a mass exodus of bus drivers after a…
The union has blasted the district for things like botching a testing program and maintaining unreliable data on infections in…
First reported by The Chicago Sun-Times, Rush said he plans to remain active in his ministry and inspire younger generations.
In May, Black lesbian friends Angela Barnes and Renauda Riddle opened Nobody's Darling, its name from an Alice Walker poem.