April Ryan celebrates Black women's historic election wins while warning voters the fight for democracy isn't over—stay ...

On Wednesday, Nov. 4, Queen Latifah, the award-winning entertainer and entrepreneur, brought home, community, and giving back ...

Anthony O. Kellum I grew up hearing the older generation in my family talk about land the way other people talk about money.

With provisional and mail-in ballots still being processed, four Chicago school board seats remain undecided until final ...

Five-time GRAMMY winner talks music, hometown pride and riding CTA with her Walkman Lalah Hathaway, the Chicago-born R&B ...

Democratic Senate candidate Scott Colom flipped Forrest County, Mississippi, a county named after the Ku Klux Klan's first ...

Joseph Owusu, 24, was found dead inside a duffel bag abandoned on a Brooklyn sidewalk after surveillance footage captured two ...

For The Chicago Defender, our colleague and friend Samantha Chatman reflects on her father, DJ Sam Chatman, a pioneer who ...

With a school closure moratorium nearing its end and financial pressures mounting, the city’s first fully elected board faces ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is commuting all 548 death sentences in the state to life without parole, citing concerns about ...

Jacqueline Kelly, a former federal prosecutor who oversaw investigations involving Sean “Diddy” Combs, will lead the criminal investigation into allegations that seven Cornell fraternity members ...

Longtime Dallas pastor and civil rights leader Frederick Haynes III has won the election for Texas' 30th Congressional ...