Decades later, a secret finally revealed
By Erick Johnson, Chicago Crusader
It’s a known fact that in 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. became the third Black leader to win...
Riverwalk restaurant caught using Lem’s Barbeque’s name without permission
Chicago Brewhouse received a Cease and Desist letter to remove Lem's name from its menu
By Erick Johnson
On August 19, a customer was dining at...
La Shawn Ford enters race for mayor
Crusader Staff Report
State Representative La Shawn K. Ford has entered the race for mayor, becoming the tenth Black candidate among 17 contenders seeking to...
SHAME ON COOK COUNTY STATE’S ATTORNEY KIM FOXX
EDITORIAL
Cook County State's Attorney seeks to dismiss appeal from wrongfully-convicted man
Roosevelt Myles has been locked up for 27 years for a crime he did...
Successful CPS Basketball Coach Suddenly Dies
By Patrice Nkrumah
Lewis Thorpe, who coached North Lawndale Charter School to a Class 2A boys basketball state title in 2008, passed away suddenly in...
Popular WVON DJ Alpheus “Insane Ywain” Fields dies after heart attack
By Erick Johnson
WVON colleagues and listeners are stunned and saddened after popular WVON Alpheus “Insane Ywain" Fields died from a heart attack at his...
White Security Guard Pulls Gun on Black Cop in Full Uniform...
By Stephen A. Crocket Jr, The Root
An Ohio police officer in full uniform, you know, the uniform that clearly identifies him as a police...
Son Begs Father Not to Call Cops on Black Man For...
By Ellyn Santiago, Heavy
On July 4, an African-American man filmed a white man who called police on him for allegedly trespassing outside a San...
Iconic WVON radio station moving from Chatham
Crusader staff report
WVON 1690-AM, Chicago’s iconic Black news/talk radio station, is moving its headquarters from Chatham to the South Loop by the end of the...
OUR ENDORSEMENTS
JB Pritzker has come a long way to earn the Crusader’s endorsement as the next governor of Illinois. His running mate, state Rep. Juliana...
