Chicago Defender

Harper Tours Urban Farm with State Agriculture Director

CHICAGO DEFENDER — State Rep. Sonya Harper, D-Chicago, recently welcomed Illinois Department of Agriculture Director John Sullivan to Chicago to tour Growing Home, an urban farming organization in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood.

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New Website Launched For Jane Byrne Interchange

CHICAGO DEFENDER — The Illinois Department of Transportation today announced the debut of www.JaneByrneInterchange.org, a new-and-improved website for the Jane Byrne Interchange reconstruction.

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Mayor Lightfoot and Chicago Public Schools Announce District’s Lowest-Ever One-Year Dropout Rate

CHICAGO DEFENDER — Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and Chicago Public Schools announced today that the district’s one-year dropout rate has reached an all-time low of 6.0 percent, which was driven by…

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This 25-year Old Turned Down $4.4m And Now Her Company Is Valued At $7.3m

CHICAGO DEFENDER — Launching just eight months ago the company’s value quickly rose by $1.4M after recent investments from the likes of Ladarius Gunter (former-Green Bay Packers Cornerback), Shaun Hamilton (Washington…

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Social room at Dearborn Homes dedicated to influential resident on 103rd birthday

CHICAGO DEFENDER —  The social room of the Dearborn Homes public housing development was dedicated to former resident Irene Hughes on Monday – her 103rd birthday.

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Haymarket Brewing Nods to History has Defender Beer

CHICAGO DEFENDER — Did you know that the Chicago Defender has a beer named after it? We didn’t either. Not until a phone call from Haymarket Brewing. a couple of days…

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Groundbreaking Initiative Shows Pathway to Propel Black Homeownership

CHICAGO DEFENDER — While statistics may paint a grim picture of Black homeownership, a recent event in Baltimore laid out a clear path for turning those numbers around across the country.…

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Congresswoman Kelly Completes Naloxone Training, Seeks to Raise Awareness of Training for Lifesaving Opioid-Reversal Drug

CHICAGO DEFENDER — In the 115th Congress, Congresswoman Kelly was a co-sponsor of the Opioid Minority Health Report to Congress Act, which required an annual opioid epidemic impact report from…

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Illinois Tech Offers Midwest’s Only Artificial Intelligence (AI) Undergraduate Degree

CHICAGO DEFENDER — Starting in the fall, Illinois Tech students can opt to pursue an undergraduate degree in artificial intelligence (AI), one of the first degrees of its kind in the…

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Pharmacist Turned Entrepreneur Is Changing The Way We View Natural Hair Care

CHICAGO DEFENDER — Kristal Cunningham is a wife, mother of two handsome young men, and a pharmacist who loves living life boldly. Fueled by her passion for beautiful curly hair,…

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