Historians have confirmed that following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on April 4, 1968 angry teenagers on the city's West Side began breaking out windows of white-owned stores.
WASHINGTONûA recent report finds that only about half of all students served by the main school systems in the nation's 50 largest cities graduate from high school.
In a stark white house on the West side, Harrice Jones is thinking about her drugged past and the future she's forging as a resident of Alabaster Box home. The 33-year-old declares she now feels comfortable walking past a street corner teeming with drug s
Prior to opening the 2008 season against the Milwaukee Brewers, the Cubs paid tribute to the legendary Ernie “Mr. Cub” Banks by unveiling a statue of him outside Wrigley Field. A few raindrops couldn't put a damper on Banks' enthusiasm Monday.
Governor Rod R. Blagojevich joined Rev. Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, Chicago Public Schools Superintendent Arne Duncan, hundreds of CPS students and other elected officials today at a rally at the James R. Thompson Center
WASHINGTONûHouse Democratic Whip Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), the highest ranking Black member of Congress, is warning on the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. that perceived unfairness toward Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) in the elect
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A woman who says she was asked to help trap the Memphis mayor in a sex scandal appears credible, a special prosecutor said last week, while refusing to predict if her claims may go before a grand jury.
WASHINGTONûHUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson, his tenure tarnished by allegations of political favoritism and a criminal investigation, announced his resignation Monday amid the wreckage of the national housing crisis. He leaves behind a trail of unanswered
HARARE, ZimbabweûOfficials released a trickle of national election results evenly split Monday between Zimbabwe's ruling party and the opposition, which accused President Robert Mugabe's government of rigging returns to conceal a massive loss.
UNITED NATIONS%uFFFDHow many people have died in Darfur? Two years ago, the United Nations estimated 200,000. But the man who gave that figure now says it's far too low. Sudan has long said it's way too high.
