CHICAGO CELEBRATES MAYOR HAROLD WASHINGTON’S “HERE’S HAROLD”
Kai EL' Zabar Editor-at-Large THE BEGINNING Walking into the “Here’s Harold!” event was like a reunion with all the Harold Washington campaign workers as the music of the Alexis Lombre Quartet played softly in the [...]
KIM FOXX Making HERstory
By Myiti Sengstacke-Rice Kim Foxx is challenging a system where there are more African Americans under correctional control than were enslaved in 1850, a decade before the Civil War began. She took on [...]
U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces Nearly $50 Million to Improve Access and Mobility for All Americans
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced nearly $50 million in new initiatives to expand access to transportation for people with disabilities, older adults, and individuals of low income. At the Access [...]
Mayor Lori Lightfoot and CPD Supt. Eddie Johnson Dumps Trump, Michelle Obama Doesn’t Hold Back
Protestors made their presence known upon President Donald Trump’s visit to Chicago in nearly four years. His visit prompted outrage and a boycott of his speech at the International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference [...]
MARY IN THE MIXX: Surviving the Chicago Teacher’s Strike, The Westside Gets a Facelift
Weekending November 1 This year has raced by us like a squirrel chasing a nut, and winter is upon us. As we put away the light jackets, open-toe sandals, cute linen suits, and break out [...]
