For Ephelia Thomas, Wednesday was a homecoming. The 83-year-old grandmother once lived in the Ida B. Wells Homes in Bronzeville. She raised her children there. She can still recall the moments when her community rallied around her in times of distress. So she was overcome with emotion as she returned to 38th and Vincennes for…

The jury has found former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all counts in the murder of George Floyd last May. Chauvin, 45, was found guilty of second- and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. Read more at USA Today.

We’ve all seen what happened to Anjanette Young. We know it could happen to us. It has happened to some of us already.  Public pressure is building. The Chicago Police Department is currently accepting public comments on Special Order S04-19, which provides guidelines for search warrants. The Chicago Police Department & the Mayor’s response doesn’t…

A local state representative has been named to a new leadership role in the Illinois House. 92nd District Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth has been selected as Speaker Pro Tempore. The new position makes her the highest ranked house member, outside the Chicago area. Read more at CIProud.com.

There’s this video clip, that, to me, has become a kind of shorthand for the way Donald Trump walloped American media, catching so many people blithely unaware. It’s from a 2015 episode of This Week With George Stephanopoulos. Read more at Slate.com.

New York Times national political reporter Astead W. Herndon on covering Trump’s first rallies, the biggest mistake in early reporting, and when to use the word racist. Read more at Slate.com.

As insurgents stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, a certain shock and awe settled over many white Americans. On Twitter, politicians, cable news hosts, and regular everyday white folks seemed unable to understand how an attempted coup was playing out, not “in a third-world country,” but right here in the USA. Those who’d been…

Black women delivered the 2020 election for Democrats. We must sustain the colleges that served as their training ground. Read more at Elle.