Rev. Frederick Douglass Haynes III sits with Rev. Jesse Jackson at the Rainbow PUSH Convention Faith Leaders Luncheon at the David Rubenstein Forum at the University of Chicago on the South Side, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times The abrupt resignation of a Dallas pastor after less than three months as head of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition underscores just how daunting a task it’ll be for anyone to carry the mantle of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, longtime confidants of the civil rights standardbearer told the Sun-Times. It’s still not clear why the Rev. Frederick Haynes III suddenly ..read more

Minyon Moore, chair of the Democratic National Convention Committee, discusses the 2024 Democratic National Convention during a news conference at the Hilton Chicago, Thursday. Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times Top state Democratic Party leaders on Thursday vowed “Blue Wall” unity ahead of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago despite party fissures over the war in Gaza and the ongoing migrant crisis — and polls that show President Joe Biden still must gain ground to win key battleground states. Democrats are deeply focused on Wisconsin and Michigan to help bolster Biden’s re-election chanc ..read more

Walter “Slim” Coleman (center) speaks at a rally in the Loop called to protest an immigration raid in Little Village in 2007. Al Podgorski/Chicago Sun-Times Walter 'Slim' Coleman, a dyed-in-the-wool radical activist of the 1960s who for decades harnessed the power of the city's poor to challenge its power structure and achieve social justice goals, died Tuesday after a long bout with illness. He was 80. One of his biggest accomplishments was helping to organize a voting drive in Chicago's poor white communities that helped elect Mayor Harold Washington, the city's first Black mayor. Mr ..read more

The Rev. Frederick D. Haynes III, left, greets the Rev. Jesse Jackson in Dallas in February 2024. Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the civil rights group founded by Jackson in the 1970s, elevated Haynes as its first new leader in more than 50 years. Associated Press A Dallas pastor who took over leadership of the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s longtime civil rights organization resigned Tuesday after less than three months on the job. The Rev. Frederick Haynes III told The Associated Press that he submitted his resignation as president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition on Tuesday. Jackson announced in July tha ..read more

Officers with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Chicago Field Office intercepted a shipment container carrying 26 boxes full of bags of powdery substances used with methamphetamine and cocaine. U.S. Customs and Border Protection Chicago Field Office More than 1,000 pounds of materials commonly used to make methamphetamine and mix with cocaine were seized last week in Chicago, officials said. Officers with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection intercepted a shipping container carrying 26 boxes full of bags of powdery substances Thursday. The shipment was on its way from China to nor ..read more

The entrance to the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Getty A man has been charged with transporting millions of dollars worth of golf memorabilia for over a decade in Georgia. Richard Brendan Globensky allegedly transported stolen Masters golf tournament merchandise and memorabilia from the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, between 2009 and 2022, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Globensky allegedly moved goods from Georgia to Tampa, Florida, knowing their were stolen, officials said. No oth ..read more

Traffic Monday morning on westbound I-90 was backed up considerably, according to a post from O’Hare Airport on the social media platform X. Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times file A group of demonstrators protesting American response to the Israel-Hamas war blocked traffic on westbound Interstate 90, cutting off traffic to O'Hare International Airport on Monday morning. Protesters linked arms and blocked lanes of Interstate 190 around 7 a.m., a demonstration they said was part of a global “economic blockade to free Palestine,” according to Rifqa Falaneh, one of the organizers. Traffic in the San ..read more

Northwestern astrophysicists found a neutron star crashing into a mysterious object. Kevin Gill/NASA illustration Northwestern University astrophysicists have a mystery on their hands — or rather, 650 million light-years from Earth. They helped discover a neutron star crashing into a mysterious object, which they think is one of the lightest black holes ever seen. This would change scientists’ prior beliefs about what kinds of astronomical entities exist. “One of the exciting things is because we saw one of these, it’s likely that there are many more out there, and we’re likely to see mo ..read more

Gene Herrick interviewed at his home in Virginia in 2016. Herrick was an Associated Press photographer who covered the Korean War and key moments in the Civil Rights Movement. Associated Press RICH CREEK, Va. — Gene Herrick, a retired Associated Press photographer who covered the Korean War and is known for his iconic images of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and the trial of the killers of Emmett Till in the early years of the Civil Rights Movement, died Friday. He was 97. In 1956, Herrick photographed Rosa Parks being fingerprinted after refusing to move to the back of a bus in Mont ..read more

Healthcare workers protest outside the American Medical Association’s board of trustees meeting Sunday in River North. They demanded the association call for a cease-fire in Gaza. Provided Dozens of healthcare workers protested the American Medical Association’s board of trustees meeting Sunday, once again demanding the organization call for a cease-fire in Gaza. It was the fourth protest by Chicago Healthcare Workers for Palestine at the health association’s River North office since October 2023, which were held alongside weekly vigils late last year. Speakers condemned a “double standa ..read more