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) -- The word "Chiraq", the title of a Spike Lee movie filming in the city, was the subject of the debate at City Club of Chicago on Thursday. "You can have a great substance to the movie, ...

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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 ...

Chicago has long been a hotbed for hip-hop culture, but in recent years, the city has become known by a new name: Chiraq. In this eye-opening episode, we trace the history behind Chicago's ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --The title of Spike Lee's new movie might not sit well with some, but the filmmaker was not backing down from calling his upcoming film on Chicago's gun violence "Chiraq," as he ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...