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Community Forum Addresses Post-Violence Assistance

This past weekend at Operation Push, the Cook County Bar Association (CCBA), Clerk of the Court Dorothy Brown and Mothers Matter for Justice (MMFJ),...

"Welcome to the day after"

Reacting to the US presidential election, markets around the world as well as Wall Street have plunged. In fact, Fox news reported "around midnight...

Wendy's Wayward Ways

The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), in conjunction with farmworkers, community activist and students will descend upon Wendy's in Wicker Park, 1623 W. Division St.,...

Would You Do This to Save a Life?

Controversial in its nature, organ donation is essentially a life-saving decision for some and a topic to be avoided by others. According to the...

What do the Chicago Cubs, Baseball and Hinduism Have in Common?

On the heels of winning the World Series, the Chicago Cubs adoption of the catchphrase "holy cow" as a team euphemism is back in...

New Minimum Wage Is a Victory, But Challenges Remain

A new Cook County ordinance that raises the minimum wage to $13 has left some leaders in Chicago’s northwest suburbs unhappy and determined to...

Beverage Tax on Sweet Drinks

Coca-Colas, Pepsi and Sprite are all soft drink brands that for decades have been popular among Black consumers in Chicago and America for generations....

The Chicago Defender 2016 Voter's Guide

The Chicago Defender has compiled a voter’s guide for the 2016 U.S. Congressional, Illinois state and Cook County races. A number of the candidates...

More than 825,000 Blacks are affected by this

According to the National Eye Institute (NEI), you can’t feel it, you can’t see it - until it’s too late. Diabetic retinopathy - it...

East Chicago: Lead Astray

Activist, resident and artist Thomas Frank of the Southeast Environmental Task Force in conjunction with East Chicago public housing residents will speak at Roosevelt...
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