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Posted inFilm

An Unapologetic love letter to Chicago’s Black women activists

by Arionne Nettles November 18, 2020August 18, 2021

The documentary takes audiences to the front lines with millennial women leading the city’s Movement for Black Lives.

Posted inBlogs

Alderman who joked about the ‘gangsters’ on the City Council to plead guilty to corruption charges

by Ryan Smith August 15, 2018August 18, 2021

Hmm, maybe 20th Ward alderman Willie Cochran really wasn’t joking about being a gangster after all.

Posted inBlogs

Genre-blurring singer-songwriter Tasha offers comfort to young black women on ‘Lullaby’

by Leor Galil February 5, 2018August 18, 2021

With her newest single, Tasha Viets-VanLear proves herself a perfect match for Saturday’s community-focused Winter Block Party at Metro.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

The Trump resistance is building solidarity across movements

by Derrick Clifton February 1, 2017August 18, 2021

Groups are collaborating across race and color lines to oppose the president’s executive orders.

Posted inBlogs

The election is over, and here’s what you can do about it [UPDATED]

by Aimee Levitt November 9, 2016August 18, 2021

Some suggestions for donating your time, money, and energy.

Posted inBlogs

After saying #ByeAnita, Chicago’s young black organizers continue calls for justice

by Eleanore Catolico March 19, 2016August 18, 2021

As today, the four-year anniversary of Rekia Boyd’s death, neared, activists shift attention back to the fate of her killer, officer Dante Servin.

Posted inBlogs

What it means to #ReclaimMLK

by Derrick Clifton January 18, 2016August 18, 2021

Black Youth Project 100 and other groups want to reassert the “radical ideas” of the slain civil rights leader.

Posted inNews & Politics

Black Youth Project 100 suspends a Chicago leader after sexual assault allegation

by Aimee Levitt December 3, 2015August 18, 2021

The activist group is addressing sexual assault in black social movements in a new way.

Posted inBlogs

Chicago activists explain why black space matters

by Darryl Holliday and Martin Macias November 30, 2015August 18, 2021

By shunning interviews and barring nonblack people from public demonstrations, Black Lives Matter activists hope to shut down the spectacle of black death.

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