a street-wise Puerto Rican who in the late 1960s transformed a Chicago gang called the Young Lords into a militant voice for expanded social services, fair housing and education for his people ...

Opening Friday afternoon, RISE at Salt Shed is reportedly the first cannabis retail store to operate inside a U.S. music ...

They say Shell, the second-ranking leader of the GDs, ruled over tens of thousands of the gang’s members in Chicago and other cities. Shell took orders from Hoover, who was in prison for his ...

The event will feature Puerto Rican rhythms from Bomba Yemayá and the festive Mardi Gras spirit captured by the New ...

Growing up in San Pedro, L.A.-based artist Mister Cartoon, whose real name is Mark Machado, remembers seeing tattooed clowns ...

Joe Cruz (Joe Minoso) messed up. The character really stepped in a world of trouble when he agreed to help a former gang ...

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – With the devastating Palisades Fire still smoldering, Lisa Pelton and some of her neighbors in ...

Ironically, Thompson’s campaign was aided by a brutally violent gang war among Chicago’s crime lords. Still, Thompson focused attention away from the blood running in the streets to a more ephemeral ...

An art display at the Chicago Cultural Center critical of the United States and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is sparking intense debate and controversy. The display, called "US Israel ...

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Sitting west of Lincoln Park, this part of town is Chicago's creative epicenter; the Wicker Park and Bucktown districts teem with art galleries ... the backdrop to gang violence and crime.