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Biden Is Campaigning And Trump Is In Court. Who Will Your Choice Be In November?

By James B. Ewers Jr. Ed.D. It’s beginning to look a lot like election season everywhere I go. Look at both campaigns as they are in the spotlight. Campaign promises are being made and catchy slogans are being used. The attitudes and platitudes of bo...

Sweet Success: Kilwins Owner Named Illinois Small Business Person of the Year

This Mother’s Day weekend, the Chicago Defender celebrates dynamic Black women excelling in their careers while guiding and nurturing their families. I knew I wanted to do something with entrepreneurship, but I didn’t know what it would be. –...

Black College-Bound High School Seniors Face New Post-DEI Hurdles

By Aswad Walker Originally appeared in Word in Black With states from sea to shining sea enacting laws to ban Diversity, Equity and Inclusion offices, and the SCOTUS overturning of Affirmative Action spelling doom for race-based scholarships a...

Pullman and Roseland Communities Celebrate Latest Milestone in their Revitalization

At the groundbreaking for the new 8-acre Pullman Gateway commercial center and the first Chick-fil-A on the South Side at 112th and Corliss Avenue. Pictured left to right are: Adrienne Baker, IFF, Managing Lending Director; Jason Hill, Chick-fil-A, M...

Black Airman Shot & Killed By Deputies Who Entered Wrong Apartment: Lawyer

Photo: Facebook A Black U.S. Air Force airman was shot and killed by Florida deputies who an attorney says burst into the wrong apartment, PEOPLE reports. According to civil rights attorney Ben Crump, Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, was on a Facet...

American Cancer Society Launches Largest-ever Study to Probe Disparities in Cancer Outcomes for Black Women

Despite overall declines in cancer deaths, Black women continue to face disproportionately high mortality rates, a phenomenon the organization aims to address through its newly unveiled VOICES of Black Women study. By Stacy M. BrownOriginally app...

“Texas Prisoners Are Being Cooked to Death”

By Willy Blackmore Originally appeared in Word in Black A new lawsuit demands Lone Star State officials set 85 degrees as the maximum temperature for Texas prisoners housed in cells without air conditioning. There was seemingly no escaping...

Countdown to Mother’s Day 2024

Cheryl Smith The Unstoppable Cheryl Smith, Adopted Mother of Four This ‘Countdown to Mother’s Day’ was such a rewarding series. I just felt that Mother’s Day really needed more attention, time, and space. Certainly, more than...

City of Dallas Seeks Community Input on the Next City Manager

The City of Dallas is recruiting for its next City Manager. This position is appointed by, and reports to, the Dallas City Council. Council members are seeking community input and resident feedback on qualifications, characteristics, and opportunitie...

Impact Ventures Launches Community Micro Equity Fund Supported by PNC Foundation $500,000 Grant

DALLAS, May 6, 2024 – Impact Ventures has received a half-million-dollar grant from the PNC Foundation to create the PNC Community Micro Equity Fund, which is designed to help connect qualified business owners and entrepreneurs in North Texas with w...

PUBLIC NOTICE: Request for Qualifications – Procurement Planning Consultant

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Former CPS Student Che ‘Rhymefest’ Smith Talks Chicago School Board Run

Che Rhymefest Smith (Photo Provided). Writer, rapper, artist, activist, entrepreneur, teacher and leader—these words aptly describe Che “Rhymefest” Smith.& Born and raised on the South Side of Chicago, Rhymefest’s life is deepl...

Lung cancer is the deadliest of all cancers, and screening could save many lives − if more people could access it

Lung cancer screening typically involves a low-dose CT scan. Adobe Stock Photo by Nina Thomas, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Many medical organizations have been recommending lung cancer screening for decades for those at high risk...

Man Pulls Gun On Pastor Mid-Sermon, Police Later Find Dead Body in Home

Photo: Getty Images A Pennsylvania pastor had a gun pulled on him by a man who police later discovered had a dead body in his home. On Sunday (May 5), Glenn Germany was delivering a sermon at Jesus’ Dwelling Place Church in North Braddock whe...

This Week In Black History May 8-14, 2024

MAY 8 1858—The first play by an African-American writer is published. The play was titled “The Escape” and the author was William Wells Brown. 1925—The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters was founded. It would become the leading Black-led trad...