11’s “Chicago Stories.” It is difficult in these ... The “burning” came in the wake of the April 4, 1968, assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., shot dead in Memphis, with the ...

Activists, elected officials call on Mayor Brandon Johnson, who said he'd fire cops linked to extremist organizations, to ...

"We rolled into Paris in May of 1968 when the city was just on fire," the actor revealed during a recent podcast appearance.

In 1968, I was a full-time anti-Vietnam ... at the infamous Democratic convention in Chicago where the local cops brutally assaulted antiwar demonstrators in what was later described as a “police riot ...

Information about homicides is released daily by the city of Chicago. The release of homicide victims’ names is delayed by two weeks to allow time for the victims’ families to be notified of a ...

Michael Mollo Jr., of Oak Lawn, and Emil Kozeluh, of Palos Heights, are accused of clashing with police and storming the ...

A new Netflix documentary is tackling Elvis Presley's 1968 comeback special that revitalized his faltering career and aired ...

Chicago police have declined to take disciplinary action against those officers. Now there are calls for Mayor Brandon Johnson to establish a civilian task force to look at extremism within CPD.

In a democracy, patriotism means loving your country because of its politicians sometimes, but despite its politics, always.

Do not feed the roots on the blood of men/Do not pluck the fruit from the bleeding tree. -- Henry Dumas, "Rootsong" On May 23, 1968, Henry Dumas, a 33-year-old Black poet from Sweet Home, Ark.