poverty

Producers Fast Eddie and Joe Smooth mix at DJ International Studios in Chicago in 1990. Innovation was at the forefront of house and hip-hop....

Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai, center, stands with four of the five young women she invited to attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo,...

A Chicago Defender article from 1946 that chronicles the Hemmons family becoming unhoused. This is Part Three of the Chicago Defender’s series Black and Unhoused:...

Projects include expanding public trails, providing law enforcement with better equipment, and supporting troubled teens   U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the House...

"We did this historically by using government as a tool to create and enforce race-based discrimination that killed, crushed, and systematically reduced the lives of too many over generations,". In a conversation about the legacy of poverty in Chicago with Darryl Holliday, from City Bureau, the Mayor stated how she plans to end poverty in a generation. "Poverty is killing us," Lightfoot said. "Literally and figuratively killing us. All of us."

Research finds homelessness is a national crisis By Charlene Crowell For more than a decade, economists, lawmakers, and others have heralded the nation’s economy. Often citing...

  Poverty is something that I never stop thinking about, and I hope that my community, especially the elite and well to do sections of...

  On Black Women Equal Pay Day: Why We Literally Cannot Afford Donald Trump by Natalie Madeira Cofield - ESSENCE It is imperative to elect a candidate...

100 Days Until Winter Coat Drive Hosted By Lance Gross The Salveō Group, Figgs Foundation, & Columbia Sportswear presents “100 Days until Winter” Charitable Coat Drive   The...

... More Than Everyone Else in 2016! By Ken Hare Chicago Defender Staff Writer In January 2015, the Oxfam International issued its annual report on global poverty...