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This Week In Black History January 28-February 3, 2026

Courier Newsroom - January 31, 2026

• January 28 1938—Crystal Byrd Fauset becomes the first Black woman elected to a state legislature when she wins a seat in the Pennsylvania House...

This Week In Black History January 21-27, 2026

Courier Newsroom - January 21, 2026

• January 21 1773—Poet Phyllis Wheatley, born in 1753, was freed on this day in 1773. Kidnapped in Africa and sold as a slave when...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Remembering Dr. King’s Birthday and His Time Fighting for Justice in Chicago

Marshelle Sanders - January 15, 2026

As we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, observed Monday, January 19, 2026, offers a time to remember...

Supreme Court Blocks Trump Military Advance on Chicago

Atlanta Daily World - December 29, 2025

“In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court has decisively halted President Donald Trump’s attempt to deploy the National Guard to Chicago, reinforcing the limits...

Why people stay after local economies collapse − a story of home among the ghosts of shuttered steel mills

The Conversation - August 30, 2024

Steelworkers line up for their paychecks at U.S. Steel’s South Works in Chicago in 1959. Bettman Collection via Getty Images by Amanda McMillan Lequieu, Drexel...

From a pig as political candidate to a breakout speech for Obama − Democratic National Convention often leaves its mark on history

The Conversation - August 10, 2024

The logo for the Democratic National Convention is displayed at the United Center in Chicago, Ill., ahead of the Aug. 19-22, 2024, event. Scott...

Black and Unhoused: How Black Chicago’s Fight for Affordable Housing Echoes Through Generations

Tacuma Roeback, Managing Editor - April 22, 2024

This collage details how Black segregation from the past has fueled the homegrown crises of Black homelessness and affordable housing scarcity (Credit: Christa Carter-Williams). This...

What Happens When Your Friend, Sister, or Daughter Goes Missing?

Special Contributor - April 12, 2024

MISSINGPERSONS: LaTonya Moore poses with her daughter’s urn, Shantieya Smith, inside her home 150 miles away from Chicago. May 11th, 2023. Smith was reported...

Black Excellence in Gymnastics

Site Editor - March 29, 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (NORMAL, ILLINOIS, March 23, 2024) Talia Omotola, an 8th grader at Lincoln Middle School in Edwardsville, recently competed in the State Gymnastics Championship...

Donald Trump Isn’t the First President to Be Arrested

Jeremy Allen, Executive Editor - August 24, 2023

Upon turning himself into Atlanta’s Fulton County Jail, former President Donald Trump will become the second person in U.S. history to serve as president...