Chicago Blues Legend Billy Branch
byBilly Branch is a Chicago blues harmonica player who grew up learning directly from some of the classic generation of Chicago players such as…
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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…
Collaboraction Welcomes New President Darlene “DJ Lady D” Jackson – By Briahna Gatlin
byCollaboraction is known for its fearless approach to theatre, eliciting social change, and being on the cusp of innovation. Trendsetting since its inception in…
Sharial Howard, A “People Person” Realtor
bySharial Howard, a licensed realtor with @properties, is a competent, resourceful, and skillful negotiator who resides in the Bronzeville area of Chicago. She met…
Time For A Timeout
by“Hey Chicago, you want some of this?” he asked me. Michael Jordan and I had met a few times in Chicago, but I was…
Roe’s Melloe Events
byAs founder and executive director of Melloe Events, South Side native Roe Melloe has made a name for himself in the arts and entertainment…
Dear White People – 8:46
byThe lynching of George Floyd is a milestone turning point for America. Where it turns nobody knows, but with a resounding noise the country,…
Pastoring During Covid 19: Pastor Daniel X. Smith
byPastor Daniel X. Smith answered the call to ministry in February 2003 at New St. Matthew M.B. Church, located on the West Side of…
Brother Conrad (In Memoriam)
byBrother Conrad Worrill died on June 3. It was a very sad day. He was a revolutionary who had been at the forefront of…
Is George Floyd The Nail In The Coffin Of Racism?
by“I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired.” – Fannie Lou Hamer The police killing of George Floyd is a nail in the…
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…
The First Dunce And the Last Dance
byThis was the American landscape that lay open to the coronavirus. In prosperous cities, an affluent class of globally connected desk workers were blithely…