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Roberta Flack, tribute album, poetry, women of color, thegrio.com
August 28, 2024
The featured speakers read selected poetry by June Jordan, Gwendolyn Bennett, Phillis Wheatley, Georgia Douglas Johnson and others.
Lori Lightfoot
March 2, 2023
Answering a question about whether she had been treated unfairly, Lightfoot replied: "I'm a Black woman in America. Of course."
lori lightfoot
January 22, 2023
Ahead of a crowded Feb. 28 election, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has been forced to go on the defensive in…
May 14, 2022
Christopher J. Tatlock allegedly emailed his intent to harm Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Cook County State Attorney Kim Foxx.
April 4, 2022
The unnamed Whitney Young Magnet High School teacher taught history and reportedly had numerous complaints against him.
Lori Lightfoot Chicago City So Real thegrio.com
February 27, 2022
Chicago is launching a guaranteed basic income program supporting 5,000 low-income residents with $500 monthly issuances for a full year.
January 3, 2022
In May, Black lesbian friends Angela Barnes and Renauda Riddle opened Nobody's Darling, its name from an Alice Walker poem.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot thegrio.com
August 10, 2021
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot was given the cold shoulder as officers turned their back on her as she arrived at…
Chicago Police Department theGrio.com
June 13, 2021
Chicago Police Department officer Karol J. Chwiesiuk was arrested for his involvement in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S.…
theGRIO.com
May 27, 2021
Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot faces a lawsuit from a white reporter over her decision to grant one-on-one interviews only to…
April 28, 2021
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability has recommended the Chicago Police Officer who discharged his weapon be relieved of duty.
April 19, 2021
Black women are mayors of major U.S. cities for the first time in history and theGrio's Nadia E. Brown explains…
April 19, 2021
"It's shocking and disappointing to see some media members and verified Twitter handles are peddling this trash as truth," Lightfoot…
February 3, 2021
Construction on former president Barack Obama's state-of-the-art presidential center in the South Side of Chicago will break ground this year.
December 4, 2020
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot thinks that there is reluctance within the Black community about getting vaccinated.
August 10, 2020
More than 100 people were arrested Monday following a night of looting and unrest that left 13 officers injured and…
July 24, 2020
Two statues of Christopher Columbus that stood in Chicago parks were taken down early Friday at the direction of Mayor…
July 21, 2020
The war of words between Chicago’s mayor and President Donald Trump escalated after a weekend when 12 were killed in…
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July 7, 2020
Reports say nearly 80 people were shot in Chicago this weekend, 15 of them have died. Of the shooting victims,…
Mayor Lori Lightfoot theGrio.com
May 29, 2020
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is not holding back when it comes to her thoughts on President Donald Trump's tweet about…