My Block, My Hood, My City organized the "Be A Part of The Light" project – putting up lights, garlands, and other ...

Jahmal Cole, founder of youth advocacy organization My Block, My Hood, My City, said it’s critical for mentors like him to ...

Shamus Toomey, Editor in Chief and co-founder of Block Club Chicago, joins Wendy Snyder (in for Bob Sirott) to share the ...

Last week the Chicago Crime Commission published some results of its investigation in a directory that might be called Hood’s Who. The pamphlet not only lists the names and addresses of 13 Mafia ...

The community group is aiming to decorate more than 500 homes Saturday across the South Side with the help of volunteers.

“I’m in an environment on the South Side of Chicago that can be a pretty tough ... s no longer home to the city’s most dangerous block — he acknowledged there’s “still a long ...