DOJ and State Attorneys General file joint consumer lawsuit

In August, the Department of Justice and eight state Attorneys Generals filed a lawsuit charging RealPage Inc., a commercial revenue management software firm with providing apartment managers with illegal price fixing software data that violates antitrust law and artificially increases costs for millions of renters across the nation. After a nearly two-year investigation, the […]

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Black people and changing of the guard

Editorial / By Crusader Staff

In a short period of time Americans will experience the election of a new president, and hopefully it will be current Vice President Kamala Harris. Kamala would represent a new beginning; she would be the first woman and the first person of African American and East Indian descent to serve as President. Along with

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Vote for Kamala Harris

Editorial / By Dr. Yaounde Olu

Your vote is one of the most important slices of democracy that exists in America. “Use it or lose it” is a common phrase heard among people who understand its true power. And yet, it appears that Donald Trump might be planning to get rid of voting altogether if he wins the race to be

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A campaign kickoff, an ode to Labor

Local News, Commentary / By Julianne Malveaux

In an election year, Labor Day kicks off the official campaign season, and Vice President Kamala Harris kicked hers off with a bang. She had rallies in Detroit, Milwaukee, and Pittsburgh, all major cities in battleground states. She was joined by local elected officials in each place, Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz in Milwaukee, and

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Is America ready for a woman president?

Editorial / By Dr. Yaounde Olu

Human perception is a very interesting phenomenon. Basically, a great many people make decisions and behave according to their perceptual biases, and not on logic. This is why the the decisions made in the voting booth are crucial; our future lives can be drastically influenced by the perception people have that are coming from a

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Kamala Harris’ Chicago convention and Illinois’ unique place in Civil Rights history

Local News, Commentary / By Ben Jealous

The modern civil rights movement hit a new peak last week in Illinois. It marked the movement coming full circle, in a way, back to the state of its birth more than a century ago. Illinois is the unsung “alpha and omega” of the movement. It was the 1908 Springfield, IL Race Riot that sparked

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Gary welcomes the 2024 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION

Editorial, Gary Local News, Local News, Politics / By Crusader Staff

To the 2024 Democratic National Convention: WELCOME TO CHICAGO! The 2024 Democratic National Convention is a presidential nominating convention in which delegates of the United States Democratic Party will vote on the party platform and ceremonially report their vote to nominate Vice President Kamala Harris for president and affirm her choice of Governor Tim Walz

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Roses for Reverend Jesse Jackson

Local News, Chicago Local News, Commentary / By Julianne Malveaux

Rev. Al Sharpton, Rep. Jonathan Jackson, Yusef Jackson, and Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. (in wheelchair). The big news of this year’s Democratic Convention is, of course, the nomination of Vice President Kamala Harris and the drama surrounding her nomination. The kinetic energy of the nomination and the convention are part of the story. From the

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Kamala Harris – grace and joy

Local News, Commentary / By Julianne Malveaux

When did politics become such fun? While Democrats will roll up our sleeves to win the November election, in the meantime our candidates are clearly having a good time with the process. Every time she strides across a stage, she beams. Her smile is an incandescence. Her wave joyful. And as we get to know

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Federal Appeals Court blocks SAVE program’s student loan forgiveness

Opinion / By Charlene Crowell

18 conservative states win temporary stay to deny relief to millions of borrowers Higher education is believed by many to be a bridge to a financially secure future. But for the more than 43 million Americans who together owe $1.6 trillion in student debt, that bridge gets longer and harder to cross when federal courts

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