O bi Soulstar, born Obi Uwakwe, is an artist, photographer, musician, and owner of the Electriqsoul Hideout Studios art gallery at 216 S. Jefferson St. Uwakwe has been frequently referred to as the ...
Many of us know about the Harlem Globetrotters, a South Side all-Black basketball team, and Abe Saperstein, its Jewish, Chicago-based promoter. The Globetrotters had its impetus at Bronzeville’s ...
This story was co-produced in partnership with The TRiiBE. A breakdown of how Chicago planned to use security funds for the Democratic National Convention (DNC) shows that nearly half of the $75 ...
Pepsi facility abruptly lays off workers On the last Monday of October, as PepsiCo workers showed up to the company’s Back of the Yards facility before sunrise, they were surprised to learn that ...
The inaugural Chicago Fashion Week (CFW) made a citywide impact with more than fifty events across both the North and South Sides and extending into nearby suburbs. Anchored by three pillars—history, ...