Dorothy Tucker’s program, “Investigating Injustice: The Shocking Truth About Black Women And Crime In Chicago” airs this evening on VONtv, WVON’s OTT Digital Streaming...
Photo by South_agency via Getty Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto
by Alexa Spencer
Black women are, on average, six times more likely to be murdered than white women, according to a...
The city of Chicago will end its relationship with ShotSpotter after the summer ends, announced Mayor Brandon Johnson.
On Tuesday morning, the mayor released a...
Special to The Chicago Defender
On Wednesday, Jan. 31, Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling spoke with Chicago Sun-Times reporter Tom Schuba at the Economic Club...
A Joliet man suspected of shooting and killing eight people in the Chicago suburbs fatally shot himself after a confrontation with Texas law enforcement.
At approximately 8:30...
Members of the CVI Leadership Academy cohort with officials and dignitaries (Photos by Tacuma Roeback).
A unique initiative from Chicago strives to tackle the agonizingly...
Tennessee State Representatives Justin Jones, Justin Pearson and Gloria Johnson call or gun reform in wake of Nashville school shooting
Tennessee GOP lawmakers on Thursday,...
Family members of Madeline Miller and protestors arrived in solidarity Monday evening at the Flossmoor Village Hall to demand justice in the death of...
By: Aisha C. Edwards and Sharone Mitchell
America’s courts face a mounting crisis of credibility. Public approval of the U.S. Supreme Court is at historic...
