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Valerie Jarrett to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at 2025 Women Of Excellence Event

Valerie Jarrett (Photo Credit: Obama Foundation). Trailblazers Unite to Celebrate the Leadership and Impact of Exemplary Black Women at the Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk on...

‘Keeping the Main Thing, the Main Thing’: Our Mission in a Democracy Under Siege

Mr. John Sengstacke, part owner and general manager of the Chicago Defender, one of the leading Negro newspapers (Photo Credit: Library of Congress). We African...

Celebrating 100 Years: Myles Lee Reed Sr.’s Legacy on Chicago’s South Side

Myles Lee Reed Sr. recently celebrated his 100th birthday on the South Side, surrounded by family and friends (Photo Credit: Tacuma R. Roeback). A Black...

How to Honor Dr. King’s Legacy: The Top Events in the City This Holiday Weekend

While some may spend the day watching Donald Trump’s second inauguration or simply taking it easy, countless others across Chicagoland will gather to honor...

Cancer’s Shifting Threat: Key Findings from the 2025 ACS Report

Photo Credit: Getty Images Signature This isn’t breaking news, but cancer remains a scourge in this country. The latest report from the American Cancer Society...

COLUMN: A Final Act of Grace: Biden’s Opportunity to Redefine Pardons

President Joe Biden (left) with his son, Hunter Biden (right), whom he pardoned in December (Photo Credit: AP under a CC BY 4.0 license). The...

Michelle Obama to Skip Trump’s Inauguration

South Side Chicagoan and former First Lady Michelle Obama will not attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. The Office of Barack and Michelle Obama confirmed...

Aris Singleton of tgin Honored on Black Enterprise’s ‘40 Under 40’ List

Aris Singleton (Photo Provided). Chicago’s own Aris Singleton, the CEO of Thank God It’s Natural (tgin) and a 2024 Chicago Defender Women of Excellence honoree,...

‘Prayer On The Nine’ March Calls Out City Violence

All photos and video by Tacuma R. Roeback By the close of the Memorial Day Weekend, 53 people were reported shot and 11 killed across...

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