Chicago Loses Olympic Bid, But Its Black Community is Facing Much Bigger Losses
Chicago lost the bid for the 2016 Olympics, to the disappointment of many Americans who were looking forward to the Games returning to American soil
Chicago lost the bid for the 2016 Olympics, to the disappointment of many Americans who were looking forward to the Games returning to American soil
Murder has no singular, identifiable look. Young homicidal maniacs like those four black males who allegedly killed Derrion Albert unfortunately don’t come in the nice,
President Barack Obama and Chicago Mayor Richard Daley will travel to Denmark on Friday to support Chicago’s bid for the 2016 Olympics. But instead of
Incapable of discrediting his effectiveness, President Obama’s critics have used talk radio and the Internet to rile up a segment of the nation who has
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I cringe and want to melt into the crevice of the couch every time I witness some athletically-gifted, but verbally-challenged ignoramus molest the English language
Jasmine Lynn always dreamed of attending Spelman College. So when she was accepted to the prestigious four-year institution after high school, she jumped at the
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“Back in the day, they used to hang black men for looking under a white woman’s dress even as it hung on a clothesline.” … Minister Louis
One day after the nation learned that Plaxico Burress accidentally shot himself at the Latin Quarters nightclub in New York; Mayor Michael Bloomberg called a
Thirty something filmmaker and jack-of-all-trades Shawn Woodard recently marked the release of his third feature film, Darling Nikki. Not to be confused with the infamous
I feel bad for President Barack Obama with respect to our current economic conundrum. Obama has the support of most blacks, so much so that
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