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Sandra Brown walked gingerly down a walkway to the side door of Decatur Correctional Center.She wore jeans and a hooded sweatshirt that said “The Reclamation Project,”…
Unlike most days, 84-year-old Cruz Mendoza woke up bright and early on Dec. 18 to iron his plaid shirt and polish his sombrero and shoes to…
NewsOne Featured Video From Ava DuVernay to Nadia Hallgren, Black women have used filmmaking as a vessel to reclaim their narratives and magnify societal truths. Thanks…
NewsOne Featured Video The NBA is advancing its efforts to support grassroots nonprofits at the forefront of social change. The league’s philanthropic arm—the NBA Foundation—has donated…
As the Chicago Bears took on the Buffalo Bills on Saturday, medical teams were ready as the last two days of bitter cold and harsh winds…
NewsOne Featured Video The harrowing murder of Emmett Till amplified brutal truths surrounding the realities of racism in America; sparking a movement rooted in the fight…
Charges were pending against a suspect who entered an off-duty Chicago police officer’s car early Saturday morning and an exchange of gunfire ensued after he crashed…
An extra-alarm fire displaced about 12 people Christmas Eve on the West Side in the Austin neighborhood, officials said.The fire broke out shortly after 5:15 a.m.…
After 29 cold, bitter hours below zero, temperatures in Chicago climbed back to zero at 2 a.m. Saturday, according to meteorologists.But that doesn’t mean Chicago is…
Screen time is linked with obsessive compulsive disorder diagnoses in children, according to a new study.Every hour preteens spent playing video games each day was associated…