‘He knew what the hell he was doing,’ former anchor Jim Ruddle said. ‘He was never too busy to help, to smile,’ personal finance journalist Terry Savage said.
“People were just breaking into stores and walking in, loading their cars up,” said state Rep. LaShawn Ford as he stood among the rubble at the Washington Square Mall. The Chicago shopping center at the corner of North Avenue and Cicero was struck by looters on Sunday. “People did the looting because it was easy,” Ford said as he. Attorney Oct 25, 2019
To celebrate his 4Hunnid The Flame Footwear Brandâs second release, today YG & his foundation 4Hunnid Ways, teamed up with post prison advocacy and re-integration group the Amity Foundation at their flagship campus in DTLA to donate his new limited edition Red & White Block Runner sneaker to a group of men recently released on parole after completing life sentences as a welcome home gift celebrating their freedom and release back into society. During the event YG gifted each man a pair of new sneakers, and spent time speaking with them about their personal stories, sharing some of his own, and speaking with Amity Foundation officials about further ways to work together. Present at the event were the following officials: President and CEO of Amity Doug Bond, Department of Corrections Counselor Quincy B. Whitt, Director of Amistad de Los Angeles Raul Frias, Amity Community Advocate Daniel Romeri,  Joann Sanchez-Director Of Operations, Cassie Casanova-Executive Office, Es
Chicago Mayor
Lori Lightfoot (D) is catching heat from local journalists over her decision to grant one-on-one media interviews only to people of color to cover her two-year anniversary in office.
Mary Ann Ahern, who is white and a political reporter for NBC 5 Chicago, tweeted about the move on Tuesday. “Absolutely, they told me only Black and brown journalists are getting one-on-one interviews,” she told The Hill.
Lightfoot confirmed in a statement on Wednesday that she is “exclusively providing one-on-one interviews with journalists of color.”
“I have been struck since my first day on the campaign trail in 2018 by the overwhelming whiteness and maleness of Chicago media outlets, editorial boards, the political press corps, and yes, the City Hall press corps specifically,” Lightfoot wrote.
The restrictions on who could interview the mayor garnered national attention after Mary Ann Ahern, a political reporter for NBC 5 Chicago, tweeted about the move on Tuesday.
“Absolutely, they told me only Black and brown journalists are getting one-on-one interviews,” Ahern, who is white and has served as a political reporter at the NBC station since 2006, told The Hill.
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In a public statement on Wednesday, Lightfoot confirmed she was “exclusively providing one-on-one interviews with journalists of color.”
“I have been struck since my first day on the campaign trail in 2018 by the overwhelming whiteness and maleness of Chicago media outlets, editorial boards, the political press corps, and yes, the City Hall press corps specifically,” Lightfoot wrote.