Saved By The Bell
By Ken Hare
Chicago Defender Staff Writer
Chairman of the Illinois Black Caucus, Rita Mayfield
The Chicago Defender has just learned that Senate Bill 2059, has...
Chooses New Interim Superintendent
By Ken Hare
Chicago Defender Staff Writer
While you were celebrating Easter this past weekend, Mayor Emanuel quietly replaced interim Superintendent John Escalante...
Cedric Alexander, Anne Kilpatrick, Eugene Williams or Joe Shaw?
By Ken Hare
Chicago Defender Staff Writer
Who shall it be? The Community Accountability Council (CAC) thinks it...
After weeks of countless shooting-related deaths in Chicago, hundreds gathered at Chicago State University on Friday for the Emergency Summit on Urban Violence, led by the Congressional Black Caucus, to discuss finding a solution to gun violence throughout the city and nation. Although murders and shootings are down this year compared to 2012, it has been difficult to ignore the high number of deaths in Chicago brought on by gun violence — most notably this past Fourth of July weekend in which 74 people were shot. “With all due respect to Newtown and Arizona and the mass murders, we need to have voices for the urban areas and for urban violence,” said U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly on Friday. Kelly was joined by Congressional Black Caucus members — Maxine Waters, Bobby Rush and Danny Davis — along with Chicago’s mayor Rahm Emmanuel and the Rev. Jesse Jackson. “We’re beating the drum, and I know I’m not going to let this die because we’re losing a generation of young people,” Kelly said. And her st ...
