South Side

Chicago Pastor Organizes Baby Shower For 1,000 Expectant Moms

Pastor Corey Brooks is hosting the event in conjunction with his non-profit Project HOOD.
07/19/2023

'South Side’ Renewed For Season 3 On HBO Max

Series creators Bashir Salahuddin and Diallo Riddle couldn't be more excited for their next adventures.
02/09/2022

Designating Monuments, Obama Touts Conservation as US Ideal

A South Side Chicago neighborhood is a national monument.
02/19/2015

Senators, Congresswoman Celebrate Pullman Designation

Chicago gets its first national park.
02/11/2015
6-Month-Old Dies After Chicago Shooting

6-Month-Old Dies After Drive-by Shooting

Jonylah Watkins is Chicago's latest tragic homicide victim.
03/12/2013
Trayvon Martin Tragedy - While the details surrounding Trayvon Martin’s slaying are still-developing, 78 percent of individuals in a recent poll conducted by Orlando news station WFTV said race played a part in the 17-year-old’s shooting death by neighborhood watch leader George Zimmerman. Fourteen percent said they disagreed, while eight percent said they were unsure. (Photo: Courtesy Facebook)

Tweets for Trayvon

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ACLU Calls Out Chicago Police in Lawsuit - In a lawsuit against the Chicago police department filed by the ACLU last week, the organization claims that the level of police presence in majority African-American and Hispanic communities is disproportionately low given the number of  911 calls made from those neighborhoods, resulting in slower response to emergencies than that of predominantly white neighborhoods. In the wake of the lawsuit, Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel pledged to ensure that more police are available in high-crime neighborhoods.(Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Deadly Distinction: Chicago Has the Highest Murder Rate in the U.S.

Homicide victimizes whole families and communities.
02/01/2012
Comcast Tangled in Discrimination Suit - In November 2011, several Black employees of Comcast on Chicago’s South Side said they were required to install roach-infested and broken cable TV equipment in the homes of the predominately Black customers who lived in the area, allegedly because managers told them the customers were less likely to pay their bills and would be "evicted in a few months.”   (Photo: Fred Prouser/Reuters)

Comcast Tangled in Discrimination Suit

Employees say Blacks received roach-infested equipment.
11/30/2011