John Lewis Roared
byThe lions roared on July 17th. It was a very sad day as we saw the deaths of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. colleagues…
Politics
On Q With Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas
byCook County Treasurer Maria Pappas manages a $18 billion operation. She’s a hard worker and her employees respect and fear her. She says it…
Black Injury Recognized; Now What?
byThe murder of George Floyd by white Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin has unleashed a torrent of protests across all 50 states and even some…
Looking To The November Presidential Election
byAmerica’s presidential election of 2020 promises to be one for the history books in more ways than one. It is already being suggested that…
Space Traders and Corona Chaos Crusaders
byDerrick Bell in 1992 published Faces at the Bottom of the Well – The Permanence of Racism. One short story embedded in Bell’s opus…
A Letter To The Black Community About Willie Wilson
byThis is an open letter to the Black community. Whites can read and take heed if they so desire, but this is a Black…
America Needs New Rules For The Presidency
byAs we live through the nightmare of Covid-19 in the year of 2020, we must not forget the fact that we have a presidential…
The Blond Gorilla And the Yellow Fire Plague (A Fable)
byOnce upon a time there was a country, a beautiful and powerful country. The country was ME-RIC-A. The country had everything – beautiful mountains,…
Biden, Blacks and Corona
byBlack voters resuscitated Joe Biden’s campaign for the presidency. Is it not, then, high time to consider some quid pro quo? That Blacks rescued…
Why I Support Senator Bernie Sanders – By Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.
byThere was one central agreement among ALL of the 27 Democratic presidential candidates who originally entered the 2020 field, and that was to defeat…
Presidential Politics 2020: Biden For The Win
byPolitics is an uncertain game. Never before is the case so evident as today. Contemporary politics consists of money, popularity and media, not necessarily…
Appellate Court Justice Cynthia Cobbs Seeks Illinois Supreme Court
byAppellate Court Justice Cynthia Cobbs is on the ballot in the Democratic primary on March 17 running for election for the 1st District Judge…