TNT – Three College Classmates Explode Myths About Violence
by“Six killed and thirty-one others shot in Chicago’s most violent weekend in 2022,” screamed the Chicago Sun-Times. There were over 622 shootings and 157…
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Alternative to Whole Foods in Englewood…
byThe closing of the Whole Foods Market in Englewood Square comes as no surprise. The store was an ill fit for the community in…
Real Mothers Address Gun Violence
byMother’s Day is especially painful to those who have lost their children to gun violence. After the gunshot or gun-killing news, we don’t hear…
Q&A – Uduimoh Umolu Co-Founder of Jon Basil Tequila
byUduimoh Umolu is a first-generation West African American. He carries an interestingly colorful background, having lived crucial years of his life in both America…
The Day Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Made History!
byApril 8, 2022, was a historic day. It was the day that the Senate of the United States confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to…
The Black Tie Evening We Won’t Forget!
byThe 2022 Academy Awards, a Black tie affair, held on Sunday, March 28, in Los Angeles at the Dolby Theater, will go down in…
Q&A – Ahmand Smith – Author of “Kodi Blackmon: The Eclipse”
byBorn in Alabama, but raised on Chicago’s Southside, Ahmand Smith attended Columbia College and parlayed his talents to produce and promote open mics and…
Censorship – A to Z (Beware the Effort to Remove Truth-telling Books about Race in America)
byThere is a move afoot to ban books and suppress stories that deal with race. Education writer Julie West Johnson called out this alarming…
Pervis Spann, The Entrepreneur
by“The doors of opportunity are always closed. You have to put your foot on the door and kick it down” Pervis Spann, N’DIGO interview….
Q&A – Nikkita Randle – Founder of Twisted Eggroll
byWhat started as trying something new in the kitchen morphed into something more than Chicago native Nikkita Randle could ever imagine. Birthed from a…
How Will We Celebrate Juneteenth?
byFor the first time in the history of America, the idea of celebrating enslaved people being free is here. June 19, 2022, is a…
Q&A with Marion Brooks, NBC5 News Host/Narrator – The Lost Story of Emmett Till: The Universal Child
byWhen the video of Derek Chauvin’s knee firmly – and ultimately fatally — planted on the neck of George Floyd went viral, the image…