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BUILD THE BLOC: INSIDE CHICAGO’S FIRST-EVER HBCU TRUNK PARTY

How Xceleader’s Vote HBCU program sent off the HBCU Class of 2030 — and turned a college send-off into a...

THE WORD: The Chicago Culture Ball is preparing to celebrate five years of highlighting the people helping shape the city’s...

THE WORD CHICAGO — A disturbing investigation is underway on Chicago’s Far Southeast Side after authorities discovered more than 50...

THE WORD The South Suburbs are mourning the heartbreaking loss of 20-year-old Mariyah Ford, a Sauk Village woman whose life...

THE WORD Northern Illinois continues picking up the pieces after a devastating round of severe storms and confirmed tornadoes swept...

THE WORD What began as a small backyard cookout has grown into one of Black Chicago’s biggest summer gatherings. The...

THE WORD The Black Women’s Expo is returning to Chicago for its 31st year with three days celebrating the power,...

THE WORD Poetry, politics and community will share one stage as Lynae Vanee brings her national Black Women Deserve Poems...

What was supposed to be an exciting time for hundreds of incoming Howard University freshmen has quickly turned into uncertainty...

A Chicago man is facing an attempted murder charge after prosecutors say he shot a woman he believed had information...