Census data says volunteering has declined in Chicago, while new research says previously collected data doesn’t include the wide range of community organizing in the city, oftentimes leaving out the work of Black, Latino and working-class people.
The maternal grandmother of slain teen Laquan McDonald said she still wants federal charges to be pressed against his shooter, former police Officer Jason Van Dyke.
Federal prosecutors will not bring civil-rights charges against the former Chicago cop who killed 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, U.S. Attorney John Lausch’s office announced Monday.