Laverne Cox has been nominated for an Emmy in the “Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series” category for her role as Sophia Burset — an inmate who committed fraud in an attempt to pay for a sex change procedure—in the
It’s always unfortunate to hear news about a young person losing their life — but when it comes to rappers, specifically Chicago rappers, are these slayings life imitating art or art imitating life? The violent lyrical content all too often
Earlier this week, former supermodel-turned-businesswoman Tyra Banks wrote an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal sharing her vision regarding the world’s perception of beauty and how it will be defined in years to come. Banks thinks plastic surgery will be
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Today, ESPN The Magazine‘s annual Body Issue hits newsstands. The tagline: “bodies we want.” For the last five years, we’ve seen a number of top-performing athletes in this issue displaying their highly toned, athletic bodies completely nude. But this year,
Early Wednesday morning, a 25-year-old Chicago woman, Jasmin Curry, took a shot to the cranium while driving southbound of Interstate 90/94. Curry, mother of three boys and two girls, was driving a 2005 Dodge Caravan on the Dan Ryan Expressway
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Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department, Garry McCarthy said yesterday ongoing Chicago violence in the city is due to “lax state and federal gun laws.” According the Chicago Tribune, McCarthy was referring to a 13-hour period from Sunday afternoon until early
If you’re like most people still paying for cable, your biggest gripe is probably that it just costs too much money. And that’s absolutely true. According to Ebony’s Stephanie Humphrey, with more than 90 percent of U.S. households still paying for
A Fourth of July parade float in Nebraska showing a dummy standing outside an outhouse labeled “Obama Presidential Library” is drawing cries of racism from local residents and the Nebraska Democratic Party. The float in the annual Independence Day parade
The Fourth of July holiday tends to always bring out the best (or worst) BBQ, booze, live performances, fireworks and general fellowship with loved ones. And of course, no national holiday is complete without Twitter commentary on the day’s events.
Tameka Lawson, executive director of I Grow Chicago has started a new yoga program in an unconventional area. Located on the streets of a rough south side Chicago neighborhood, Englewood, the yoga classes were started by Lawson to curb violence
Thomas M. Law of the Voyageur Media Group is working with the Kentucky Archaeological Survey and Kentucky Heritage Council to publicize a significant civil rights rally held in Lexington on the Fourth of July in 1867. To date, the rally
The greats are being called home one after the other this year. Publishing nearly 100 books for children and teens, Walter Dean Myers transitioned from this place on Tuesday at the age of 76. He is survived by his wife,
America. Land of the free. Home of the … culturally insensitive? Six months into the year and there have been enough racially-charged public occurrences to discuss at kickbacks for the rest of the year. The birthday of this country’s independence,
According to USA Today, in a new Quinnipiac poll, 33 percent of respondents named Obama the worst president since World War II while another 28 percent put Bush at the bottom of post-war presidents. You would think the first president to provide
“People should be able to be who they are,” according to singer, KeKe Wyatt. Beauty standards in the United States, for the most part, are pretty one-dimensional. Categorizing women’s bodies is an unfair way to examine what’s considered beautiful. Brazilian
It’s been a rough year for Robin Thicke. And the series of events that have followed in the aftermath of splitting from his wife, Paula Patton, aren’t really helping his case. Thicke released a new album yesterday, Paula (surprise, surprise).
