President Obama may have gotten our troops out of Iraq, but the gunfire in his hometown of Chicago is still earning it a searing nickname coined by young people who live there. On Easter weekend, 45 ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Where did the word "Chiraq" come from, and is it an accurate description of Chicago? The answers may surprise you. The term "Chiraq" has become street slang for Chicago, coined to ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Followed by mothers who have lost children to gun violence, director Spike Lee came to the city's South Side to defend his upcoming film, "Chiraq." Mayor Rahm Emanuel and some ...

The teenagers who live among the persistent sirens, screams and gunshots in Briana Lawrence’s Englewood neighborhood have their own name for Chicago: “Chiraq.” The term sums up their feeling that ...

More news about Spike Lee’s “Chiraq” is trickling out. The movie will be based on an ancient Greek comedy about a battle of the sexes, according to That may come as a surprise to those who have made ...

It’s no surprise that Rahm Emanuel doesn’t want director Spike Lee to use the title “Chiraq” for the film he’s planning about violence in the poor, black Englewood neighborhood. Mayors don’t like ...

The latest Spike Lee joint will not be coming to a theater near you. It's a part of the upcoming video game NBA 2K16. The legendary filmmaker wrote and directed the game's story-driven career mode.

Spike Lee is up to something. The working title of his next film is “Chiraq,” and TheWrap reports Lee hopes to cast at least three prominent Chicagoans: Common, Jeremy Piven, and Kanye West. When I ...

With dozens of shootings in a weekend, the Windy City has earned another, deadlier moniker. Until Obama can get the guns off the streets of his hometown, the bloodshed won’t stop. Special ...