Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel still acknowledges progress in the city’s efforts to reduce gun violence in Chicago. But, he says he’s concerned about the spate of violence overnight, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore. Emanuel doesn’t shy away from the violent night that followed the first really warm day of the year. “There are days [...]
Urban Prep Academy Sends 167 Young Men to College
March 31, 2013 | Posted by
One by one, seven young men walked to the front of Urban Prep Academy’s gym. Wearing blue blazers and khakis, they changed their usual red ties to red and gold striped ones handed to them with the help of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, ties signaling they too got college acceptance letters. The seven were the [...]
Over 100 Arrests as Thousands Protest 54 Chicago School Closings
March 28, 2013 | Posted by
More than 100 demonstrators in Chicago were arrested among thousands of protesters Wednesday in a planned civil disobedience to object to the closing of 54 schools in the nation’s third-largest school district. The massive protest served as a piercing message to Mayor Rahm Emanuel that his decision will face aggressive resistance. “We’re signalling that there [...]
Chicago Soaring Murder Rate Eclipses Last Year’s Total
October 29, 2012 | Posted by
Chicago reached a dubious distinction on Monday when the city’s soaring murder rate officially eclipsed last year’s total with two more months still to go in 2012. A 68-year-old man who had recently put up a fence outside his home because he was tired of drug dealers using his property to conduct business was found [...]
Soft Sheen Founder Ed Gardner Pushes for More Black Construction Workers in Chicago
October 12, 2012 | Posted by
Ed Gardner, the 87-year-old founder of Soft Sheen, is using his prominence to become an activist for African-American jobs, meeting with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel this week to push for more black construction workers to be used around the city after Gardner noticed their woeful lack. Gardner’s activism came after he was crossing a South [...]
Chicago Teachers Mull Latest Offer With Wednesday Court Date Looming
September 18, 2012 | Posted by
Delegates from the Chicago Teachers Union will meet today to decide whether to end a strike that has closed the nation’s largest school district for more than a week, knowing that a refusal means they should be prepared to defend their position in court. Some 800 union delegates representing the 29,000 teachers and support staff in Chicago [...]
Chicago Teachers Go On Strike For The First Time In 25 Years
September 10, 2012 | Posted by
Chicago Teachers Strike – As if a city with a soaring murder rate that makes it statistically more dangerous to Americans than Afghanistan didn’t already have enough problems. Chicago’s growing list of serious issues that demand immediate attention added another big one to the list on Monday when the city’s school teachers went on strike [...]
Chicago Homicide Rate Soars, Gangs Are Blamed
June 13, 2012 | Posted by
The recent spike of the homicide rate in the city of Chicago has left mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago police enforcement scrambling to find the cause of this rapid increase. According to the Huffington Post, from Jan. 1 through late May there were 203 homicides, 69 more murders than in the same span last [...]
Chicago Bleeding: 10 Dead, Over 43 Wounded In Holiday Weekend Shootings
May 30, 2012 | Posted by
CHICAGO — At least 10 people were killed, and at least 43 more were wounded, in a rash of shootings in Chicago over the steamy holiday weekend. In total, there were more than 40 shootings between Friday and Monday evening. The wounded include a 7-year-old girl who was shot while playing in her South Side [...]
