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The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) Board of Commissioners has elected new leadership officers among its nine-member governing body. Commissioner Kari K....

Beyond the Rhetoric By Harry C. Alford & Kay DeBow If there is a privileged class of people in this nation it is the legislative...

By Charlene Crowell Once again on the third Monday in January, much of the nation will mark the anniversary of the death of the late...

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, was born on January 15, 1929. His birthday is now a national holiday and this year will be celebrated...

By Richard Gonzales, NPR More than half of the workforce of the Internal Revenue Service, or about 46,000 employees, will be recalled to work for the...

By Sarah Schulte, ABC 7 News The union for Chicago Public Schools teachers is preparing to start negotiating a new contract as their current agreement expires...

Dr. Conrad Worrill Our late, great ancestor, Dr. Asa G. Hilliard’s book, The Maroon Within Us, once again reminds us of a major problem that...

By Patrice Nkrumah The man convicted of murdering a King College Prep honor roll student was sentenced to 84 years in prison by a Cook...

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) met with representatives from CBS News to discuss the ongoing controversy over the network’s lack of Black reporters slated to...

Correction: Beverly Miles remains in the aldermanic race in the 28th Ward. She did not withdraw her candidacy as originally reported in our print edition....