Tonia Hill

On May 6, members of the Chicago City Council’s police and fire committee approved the nominations of Angelique Guzman and Anjanette Young to the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability.

The Peacebook Executive Order will create 50 jobs for Youth Peacekeepers and four Youth Safety Advisors. The new order builds on years-long organizing and advocacy efforts by the youth-led non-profit, GoodKids MadCity.

Samaria Rice will be one of three keynote speakers at Families Demanding Justice’s inaugural conference on Friday, April 24.

If approved by state lawmakers during their current legislative session, the RACE Act would restore voting rights to thousands of people who are currently incarcerated in Illinois prisons.

Also, a moment of silence for Barbara Deer and the council confirms Kenya Merritt as new DCASE commissioner.

A proposed substitute ordinance was approved by members of the Chicago City Council’s workforce development committee on Monday that would allow the Chicago Police Department to remove police officers tied to far-right extremist groups.

A series of shakeups within the Mayor’s Office and across city government roles were announced this week.

Illinois residents will be able to visit the museum at the Obama Presidential Center for free on Tuesdays starting June 23.

On Thursday night, CPD Supt. Larry Snelling joined the city’s civilian oversight board for a discussion on how CPD responded during the Trump administration’s “Midway Blitz” operation.

At a five-hour service in the Pullman community, presidents, preachers and ordinary people gathered to celebrate a man who told generations of Black Americans they were somebody worth fighting for.

Democratic candidates in the Illinois 7th Congressional race answered questions raised by grassroots and community-based organizations during a Feb. 12 forum hosted by the Chicago Black Voter Project.

Ald. Raymond Lopez, the proposal’s sponsor, said the goal is not to criminalize parents: “If they are not or if they are knowingly dismissing what their children are up to, then they should be held accountable, plain and simple."

The Home for Good legislation seeks to provide housing and supportive services for Illinois residents returning home from incarceration in an effort to prevent homelessness, increase public safety and save taxpayers money.

My truth is how I own it, how I live with it, and how I choose to move forward,” Anjanette Young said.

A series of memorial services in honor of Rev. Jesse Jackson, a world-renowned civil rights and political leader, will be hosted in Chicago, South Carolina and Washington, D.C. over the next week.

Gov. JB Pritzker celebrated Illinois’ economic gains in his budget address, but Black leaders say billions in spending must more directly address long-standing inequities.

"Our father was a servant leader — not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world,” Jackson’s family said.

“We cannot claim to support equitable economic development while advancing policies that concentrate the market in the hands of a few large entities,” Johnson said.

Primary Election Day is on March 17. Illinois’ 7th Congressional District has had a Black leader at the helm for over 50 years. Will the seat remain Black?