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(From left to right) Timuel Black, Associate Professor of Instruction Shanita Baraka Akintonde and Zenobia Johnson-Black, Timuel Blacks wife, pose for a photo. Courtesy of Shanita Baraka Akintonde.

Columbia faculty remember Chicago activist and historian Timuel Black, service to be held Dec. 5

By Seanice Batchman, Staff Reporter
December 2, 2021
Mayor Lori Lightfoot walks alongside Chicago Public Schools representatives handing out T-shirts that say Back 2 School to paradegoers.

The Bud Billiken Parade returns to Chicago’s South Side

By Zachary Clingenpeel, Co-Director of Photography
August 18, 2021
Photos of Emmett and Mamie Till hang on the windows of their former home in Chicagos Woodlawn neighborhood.

Home of Emmett Till receives landmark plaque: ‘A pivotal role in this neighborhood’s next chapter’

By K'Von Jackson, Photojournalist
August 3, 2021
Star Farm has various locations in Back of the Yards, with more to come, but their main farm at 944 W. 50th Place is open Fridays from 1 to 3 p.m. for everyone to take what they need and pay what they can.

Fruits, veggies and opportunities: A guide to Chicago’s urban farms

By Valentina Pucarelli, Photojournalist
July 23, 2021
The healing station at Healing in the Park offered free reiki, acupuncture and herbs.

South Side and West Side organizers host ‘Healing in the Park’ to uplift Chicago’s Black and Brown communities

By Amaris Edwards, Staff Reporter
July 14, 2021
Members of Stop the violence rally hold pictures of loved ones lost to gun violence in front of City Hall, 121 N. LaSalle St.

‘We know how to build peace in our communities’: Organizers demand passing of Peace Book proposal

By Anna Busalacchi, Co-Managing Editor
June 23, 2021
Community members and organizers gathered at Beverly Park, 2460 W. 102nd St., with signs related to the Treatment Not Trauma campaign.

Chicago youth protest police involvement in mental health crisis calls

By Amina Sergazina and Valentina Pucarelli
June 16, 2021
Researchers map COVID-19s effects on BIPOC neighborhoods in Chicago

Researchers map COVID-19’s effects on BIPOC neighborhoods in Chicago

By Erin Threlkeld, Staff Reporter
May 14, 2021
Oscar Sanchez, a Hegewisch resident, works with youth in order to promote change for Chicago residents.

Chicago youth activists discuss activism burnout, visions for the future

By Anna Busalacchi, Staff Reporter
April 22, 2021
On his 30th day of hunger striking, Oscar Sanchez led the march in Logan Square against General Iron chanting “no justice, no peace.”

South Side hunger strikers tell their story: ‘A fight for the right of every Chicagoan to breathe clean air’

By Valentina Pucarelli, Photojournalist
March 12, 2021
Three Black women-owned restaurants that give love to the planet and community

Three Black women-owned restaurants that give love to the planet and community

By Valentina Pucarelli, Photojournalist
February 23, 2021
Organizers from My Block, My Hood, My City hand out boxes of decorations to volunteers in Tuley Park, 501 E. 90th Place, Sunday, Dec. 8.

Volunteers deck the halls of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive

By Justin Anderson, Photojournalist
December 9, 2019
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