Chicago Crusader Newspaper

With just over three months before the midterm elections, the NAACP at its 117th annual convention in Chicago, announced an unprecedented $20 million voter registration campaign ahead of the midterm elections.  The announcement kicked off the NAACP’s national convention at McCormick Place where thousands of visitors and delegates participated in workshops and seminars ...

Individuals who were wrongfully incarcerated will get more money for their suffering, according to a new law signed by Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker.  Governor JB Pritzker recently signed the Certificate of Innocence Act (HB 3663) for justice reform and accountability wrongfully convicted and imprisoned victims. The new law amends the Court of Claims Act, which […]

Wingtip Aviation facility expected to create jobs, expand corporate aviation & fuel continued economic growth Gary/Chicago International Airport reached another milestone in its ongoing transformation on Friday, July 17, as officials celebrated the opening of Wingtip Aviation’s new $12 million aircraft hangar, a project expected to create new jobs while strengthening t...

Asian CineVision (ACV) announces the full program for AAIFF49, the 49th edition of the nation’s first and longest-running festival dedicated to Asian, Asian Diaspora and Pacific Islander cinema. The Festival runs July 30 through August 9, in New York City and online, with a program celebrating the filmmakers and communities who built and have sustained […]

  Chicago’s Austin community will once again take a public stand against violence when the Arthur Lockhart Resource Institute (ALRI) and Healing Temple Church of God in Christ host the 38th Annual Say No to Drugs & Violence Parade and Community Resource Fair on Saturday, July 25.   The longtime West Side tradition will begin […]