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Voices of Influence Pink Panel Discussion: Black Women, Breast Cancer, and the Battle to Be Heard

Three Chicago women open up with Coach Mo about their journeys to survival, the truth beyond the statistics, and the connections to stress that...

Kenneth Kelly named Chair of the American Bankers Association

The appointment is a one-year term for the nation’s largest financial service industry organization First Independence Bank and its board of directors proudly announce that Chairman...

Trump Bulldozes Through the White House

By April Ryan President Trump is unnerved that people in the Treasury Building across from the East Wing of the White House have been taking...

ICE Raids Are Traumatizing Students in Chicago

by Alvin Buyinza Some students in Chicago aren’t going to school. Not because they don’t want to learn, but because weeks of aggressive Immigration and Customs...

This Week In Black History October 8-14, 2025

October 8 1775—Slaves and free Blacks are officially barred by the Council of Officers from joining the Continental army to help fight for American...

How States Can Make It Easier for Parents and Families to Make Early Childhood Care and Education Decisions

By Rachel Anderson, Vice President, Policy Analysis and Impact, Data Quality Campaign (DQC) If you’ve ever tried to find childcare or a preschool for your...

2025 Men of Excellence Headshot & Bio Submission

Congratulations! After much deliberation, it is with great pleasure to announce that you have been selected as one of the Chicago Defender’s Men of...

Kamala Harris Releases ‘Opportunity Agenda’ for Black Men

There’s been a notion that Black men have been defecting away from their traditional Democratic voting habits and are now leaning more toward siding...

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

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...