UBM Radio's Alvin Washington provides one-minute updates for news affecting the African-American community.

Residents in Flint can now sue the government over the water crisis

A student walkout in response to classmates' blackface video

Residents in Flint can now sue the government over the water crisis

A student walkout in response to classmates' blackface video

America's Black Congresspeople take a hard look at the growing suicide rate among Black children

America's Black Congresspeople take a hard look at the growing suicide rate among Black children

Judges rule homeless people cannot be punished because of inadequate alternatives

Judges rule homeless people cannot be punished because of inadequate alternatives

An NBA legend is coming to inspire Chicago's youth

Jussie Smollett's lawyers are sued by the lawyers of the African twin brothers

An NBA legend is coming to inspire Chicago's youth

Jussie Smollett's lawyers are sued by the lawyers of the African twin brothers

Kim Foxx gets death threats over the Smollett case

Kim Foxx gets death threats over the Smollett case

A grant competition to help inner-city investment and growth

A grant competition to help inner-city investment and growth

An off-duty cop could be charged with interfering with a crime scene

Chicago police are looking for a missing teen girl from Jackson Park

An off-duty cop could be charged with interfering with a crime scene

Chicago police are looking for a missing teen girl from Jackson Park

The Queen of Soul to be honored at the Chicago gospel Fest

The Chicago mayor-elect's transition team has a third Black person

Two executives leave Kim Foxx's office

The Queen of Soul to be honored at the Chicago gospel Fest

The Chicago mayor-elect's transition team has a third Black person

Two executives leave Kim Foxx's office