MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The three other police officers on the scene when a Minneapolis officer killed George Floyd are being charged with aiding and abetting a murder, and the case against the main officer...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Wielding extraordinary federal authority, President Donald Trump threatened the nation’s governors on Monday that he would deploy the military to states if they did not stamp out...
MINNEAPOLIS — An autopsy commissioned for George Floyd’s family found that Floyd died of asphyxiation due to neck and back compression, the Floyd family’s attorneys said Monday.
The autopsy by...
Valerie C. Johnson, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Chair, Political Science Department
• May 31, 2020
Those who have not experienced American racism may have found a degree of solace in President Esteban’s letter to the university community — “The nation’s grief... and our response.” As an African...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Violent protests over the death of a black man in police custody rocked a Minneapolis neighborhood for a second straight night as angry crowds looted stores, set fires and left a path...
Nonprofit group Black Girls Break Bread held a two-day event last Tuesday and Wednesday focused on navigating race and gender at DePaul and beyond.
Black Girls Break Bread was founded in October 2016...
Democratic candidate and Illinois state senator Daniel Biss delivered his concession speech to cheers and chants from supporters as well as campaign staffers and volunteers on the evening of March 20.
Since...
Even if running a race is just for fun, it’s important to properly prepare
What do zombies, chardonnay and rock ‘n’ roll have in common? They’re all titles of races for Chicagoans to participate...
My grandmother (who is of German and Norwegian descent) went on a family road trip to Texas when she was 12 years old, around 1945. While stopping at a laundromat in the South she threw all of the white...
