Protests show multicultural unity

Yazmin Dominguez

July 18, 2016

This past weekend, downtown Chicago had a large array of protests deriving from its streets. Among the yearly Taste of Chicago festival taking place on Columbus drive, there were Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests carrying on throughout the three day festival up until Monday of this week. On Jul...

Photos: Sandra Bland vigil held on one-year anniversary of death

Geoff Stellfox

July 14, 2016

Clinton hits Springfield, addresses ‘a house divided’

Brenden Moore

July 13, 2016

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – In the place Abraham Lincoln spoke to a house divided and where Barack Obama began his historic run to the White House, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton told a nation divided on issues surrounding race that “we need to listen” and “put ourselves ...

Marching through time: The evolution of protest

Vanessa Bell

February 22, 2015

Despite advancements in civil rights, many issues remain unchanged Read More »...

‘Black lives matter’: Q&A with Elijah Obasanya, Chicago police violence protestor

Kevin Gross

January 11, 2015

The nation looked on as the indictment decisions for the police officers responsible in the deaths of African-Americans Mike Brown and Eric Gardner came out on Nov. 24 and Dec. 3. Read More »...