Hazel Johnson's daughter, Cheryl Johnson, and other advocates celebrated the ordinance as a step toward cleaner air in ...

An ordinance is expected to be introduced Wednesday. City Hall promised President Joe Biden’s administration that it would change its practice of dumping polluting businesses on low-income Black and ...

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The discourse over Gatsby’s race has been ongoing for years. Janet Savage, a California writer and attorney, released her ...

The Black Student Success Plan aims to bring in more Black teachers, reduce suspensions against Black students, promote ...

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The murder trial of a former Illinois sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot Sonya Massey, an unarmed black woman, in her ...

Located in a preserved 1930s development in Chicago's West Side, the museum includes three recreated apartments representing ...

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Meet 21 civil rights activists—past and present—whose bold leadership reshaped history and continues to inspire justice ...