Chicago’s Black Media Desert
byIt was sad this past Saturday to read the front-page story in the Chicago Sun-Times about the Chicago Defender ceasing printing of its newspaper…
Publisher’s Message
Reparations
byAfricans were stolen from African shores to arrive in America in 1619. For hundred years later we still fight for citizenship rights. In the…
Smithsonian Director Lonnie Bunch Delivers Northwestern U Commencement Address
byNewly appointed head of the vaunted Smithsonian Institution and long-time Chicago favorite Lonnie Bunch returned to the city last week to deliver the commencement…
Manhandling
byIt is unbelievable that old white southern men are passing restrictive legislation on abortion. Why, you’d think? The white population is shrinking. Women are…
Ten Ideas For Madame Mayor
byMayor Lori Lightfoot has assumed office. The beautiful pomp and circumstances are over and now she has gone to work. The mayor started with…
The Lightfoot Era Begins
byLori Lightfoot was pretty in pale blue with pearls as she took the oath as Chicago’s 56th mayor. She brought the change that she…
“Minoritiness”
byChicago has a new mayor and new treasurer. Illinois has a new governor. We have new aldermen and state representatives. We see change coming…
Mikki, The Photographer
byThis is graduation time and I want to tell you about my friend Michelle “Mikki” Agins, who is being honored with a Doctorate of…
What Would John Johnson Do Today?
byThe iconic Johnson Publishing Company, home to Ebony and Jet magazines, the Ebony Fashion Fair and Fashion Fair Cosmetics, filed for bankruptcy last week,…
Slaying The Dragon
byLori Lightfoot slayed the dragon and killed the machine as she becomes the new mayor of the City of Chicago when she is sworn…
Chicago Mayoral History In The Making
bySo here we are, right on the eve of an historic Chicago mayoral election. On the morning of April 3, a Black woman will…
Woman-ish And Black-ish Is Win-ish!
byFor the first time politically, Chicago’s Black community is in a win/win situation. On April 2, with two Black women candidates in a runoff…