The NBA laid the smack down on Joakim Noah for his use of an anti-gay slur at a fan Sunday night. more ›

Roland Burris, in a 25-minute goodbye speech on the Senate floor, today lamented that there would be no African-American senators in the chamber once his term ends at the end of the month. more ›

Alabama gubernatorial candidate Tim James would not feel at home here in Chicago. New info released by the Census Bureau shows how diverse the spoken language of Chicago and the state of Illinois are. As of 2007, 21.76 percent of Illinois residents spoke a language other than English, just above the national average of 19.7 percent. Overall, the Chicago metro area is in the top four U.S. cities for 13 non-English languages. According to the information, as of 2008: more ›

New census data says that Cook County had the biggest drop in white population and has the largest black population of any county in America. Between 2000 and 2007, 215,525 non-Hispanic white people have left Cook County, which represents a 1.1 percent decrease. The black population in the county also dropped by 1.5 percent, and the total population of the county is down 1.7 percent. more ›