On June 5, 2007, Tewkunzi Green, of Peoria, was backed up against the kitchen sink, holding her 6-month-old son, when her boyfriend — her child’s father — began to strangle her. Afraid she would faint and drop her son, Green … Continue reading Illinois Prison Project launches initiative to support incarcerated women

Stanley McKinney was just 15 when he first met the revolutionary socialist and activist Fred Hampton in January 1969. The encounter quickly changed McKinney’s life, leading him to become an original member of Hampton’s Illinois chapter of the Black Panther … Continue reading Q&A: Former Black Panther on the fight to save Fred Hampton’s childhood home