By Jean A. Williams When the Style Network came looking for an epitomizing salon that demonstrated the chic in Chicago, they cast a wide net. Ultimately, they set their sights on one they deemed most iconic: Ajes. Located at 648 West Randolph, AJES Salon, Inc., is “the chosen one” to extend Style Network’s popular [...]

  By Melody M. McDowell Ed and Betty Gardner’s lives can be measured in moments that are under-girded by a love for their community, their fellow man, their family and their God. In decades of moments, the couple has scaled and reached the summit of business success and are idolized as entrepreneurs, philanthropists, political activists [...]

By Chinta Strausberg Illinois Appellate Court Justice Joy Cunningham has a vision –– to be elected as the first Black female Illinois Supreme Court justice since the state’s High Court was created in 1818. She believes that her diversified experience will help her cross the finish line come the primary on March 20, 2012 and [...]

By Chinta Strausberg On Monday, July 16, Minister Louis Farrakhan led 300 men of his Fruit of Islam (FOI), of the Nation of Islam (NOI), into the community, urging youth to stop the violence and the killing. He also asked them to take the 1995 Million Man March pledge that advocated unity, atonement, reconciliation and [...]