Chicago's Dwayne Reed really wanted his students to be excited to start the new school year.

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Chicago Police Department Superintendent Eddie Johnson is recommending that seven police officers be fired for filing false reports in the 2014 shooting of Laquan McDonald. The city’s inspector general and outside counsel also reviewed reports, along with videos and other evidence, and found that the officers involved violated Rule 14 of the Chicago Police Department’s Rules […]

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Tired of waiting on help from outside of the community, a group of mothers got together to do something about the violence themselves.

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Tennis star Serena Williams has been eliminated from the 2016 Rio Olympics.

A boy, 10, was nearly killed in Chicago's deadliest day of gun violence in 13 years. Nineteen people were shot.

According to Mic, the Chicago Police Department confirmed that the woman was removed from the event after the incident.

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  Oprah Winfrey said a final farewell to her Harpo Productions office space and studio, in Chicago, where for decades she filmed The Oprah Winfrey Show. This time, though, it was more bitter than sweet. Several months ago, she took to Instagram to thank the local employees one last time before closing the doors for good: https://www.instagram.com/p/BDmaImrSS11/?taken-by=oprah […]

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A group of 40 students from Chicago got the opportunity to attend a prom hosted by two local non-profit organizations.

The CEO of pilotEd, a Chicago-based education nonprofit, won a global fellowship for social entrepreneurs. PilotEd has a holistic approach to educating minority students while connecting with the community.

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The Baltimore Police Union is calling on state’s attorney Marilyn Mosby to throw out all charges against the officers involved in the Freddie Gray case. This comes after one of the six officers, Caesar Goodson Jr., was acquitted of all charges placed against him on Thursday. This is the second time that Mosby’s team has failed […]

William Frey, a demographer from Brookings Institute dubbed this cycle, “reverse migration.”