Civil Rights
Rainbow PUSH 2025 People’s Conference Issues Urgent Call to Action in Chicago
June 12, 2025
By: Tacuma Roeback, Chicago Defender Managing Editor
Trump’s DOJ Dropping Police Reform Agreements With Louisville, Minneapolis
May 22, 2025
By: Black Information Network
Black Woman Born During Jim Crow Era Says She Can’t Get Real ID
May 13, 2025
By: Black Information Network
Tougaloo College Faces Threats After Jasmine Crockett’s Commencement Speech
May 11, 2025
By: Black Information Network
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Slams Trump’s ‘Relentless Attacks’ On Judges
May 3, 2025
By: Black Information Network
Target Calls Meeting With Rev. Al Sharpton To Discuss DEI Rollback
April 17, 2025
By: Black Information Network
Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. Carries the Torch of Revolution from Legacy to Living Movement
April 13, 2025
By: Marshelle Sanders
COLUMN: Jesse Jackson Jr. Warns of the “Al Jolson Syndrome” and the True Cost of Attacking DEI
April 13, 2025
By: Special to The Chicago Defender
‘You Must Speak Truth to Power’: A Candid Conversation with Ben Crump
April 9, 2025
By: Special to The Chicago Defender
Why Illinois Must Honor Emmett Till’s Legacy
April 9, 2025
By: Special to The Chicago Defender