Illinois news

• Jan. 6: The Day White Rage Stormed the Capitol, Black Discipline Kept It Standing

  06-01-2026 20:37 via chicagodefender.com
  Photo credit: Ashley Gilbertson/VII via Redux FilePeople keep calling Jan. 6 “unthinkable.” Black Americans didn’t find it unthinkable. Black Americans found it familiar.A crowd that looked like America’s default setting decided the rules were optional. They climbed walls, broke windows, shoved past police, and walked through the U.S. Capitol with the kind of confidence you only get when you believe the country belongs to you no matter what the votes say. That’s wh
  
  Read more

• Just joined a dating app? Here’s how to look after yourself and handle rejection

  06-01-2026 20:28 via chicagodefender.com
  by Megan Willis, Australian Catholic UniversityAs the New Year rolls around, dating apps often see a surge in new sign-ups. Some are dipping their toes in for the first time, while others are rejoining with renewed hope of finding love after a break.The right swipe has undoubtedly led to many success stories – long-term relationships, marriages and babies.But it has also produced countless tales of the darker side of dating apps. Highlights from my own dating app adventures include the re
  
  Read more

• Pinwheel Records holds a sale to help with its imminent move

  06-01-2026 19:51 via chicagoreader.com
  On Sunday, December 28, Pinwheel Records co-owners Scott Schaaf and Kim Foreit entered their Pilsen record store to find the floor partially flooded. Ever since they opened Pinwheel at 1722 W. 18th Street in 2015, Schaaf and Foreit have had to deal with a small leak that occasionally sprung from the ceiling above the cassette […]
  The post Pinwheel Records holds a sale to help with its imminent move appeared first on Chicago Reader.
  
  Read more

• Mirror Mirror 4 reflects 2dcloud’s rainstorm

  06-01-2026 16:57 via chicagoreader.com
  Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who’s the wildest of them all? After seven years, longtime indie publisher 2dcloud has resurrected its alt-comics anthology Mirror Mirror. Once a thick tome produced annually from 2016–2018, the fourth installment of Mirror Mirror has been reimagined as more of a magazine, not only in its size and length (it’s […]
  The post <i>Mirror Mirror 4</i> reflects 2dcloud’s rainstorm appeared first on Chicago Reader.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Black Women Begin 2026 Making History As Mayors In Major U.S. Cities

  06-01-2026 13:50 via chicagodefender.com
  Thursday, Jan. 1, marked a historic milestone for local governance as three Black women were sworn in as mayors of major cities, per Shine My Crown.In Detroit, Mary Sheffield, 38, took the oath of office in a private ceremony at the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center, becoming the city’s first woman and first Black woman mayor in its 324-year history. Sheffield, the daughter of civil rights activist and pastor Horace Sheffield III, first won election to the De
  
  Read more

• J. Pharoah Doss: BLM-OKC leader faces 20 years in prison

  06-01-2026 13:00 via chicagodefender.com
  BLACK LIVES MATTER—Protesters in Pittsburgh in 2016 hold a Black Lives Matters sign and chant “What do we want?” “Justice.” When do we want it?” “Now.” (Photo by J.L. Martello)Black Lives Matter (BLM) began in 2013 as a decentralized movement to protest systemic racism and police brutality. Local chapters spearheaded the movement by creating their own social justice campaigns and initiatives. The local chapters were associated with the Black Lives
  
  Read more

Follow @NewsIllinois_ on Twitter!