Editorial #6 – 50th Anniversary: Make the Check Good!

The following post is from one of our other sites, It’s Not Political, It’s Just Life. RETROSPECTIVE: WHERE WERE YOU? This week marks the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28th, 1963. Like all Black […]

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RECENT POSTS:  Editorial #12: RIP, Herb Kent: The Heart of Chicago Radio – On the same night that the Cubs finally won their game to go to the World Series, Chicago lost the best disk jockey that ever graced the airwaves. […]

Editorial #5: CPS Strikes Again

Last week, the culmination of a year’s worth of protests, meetings, and press conferences came to a head when the Chicago Public School Board went ahead and voted to close 50 schools at the end of this school year. This […]

Editorial #4: Guarding Our Collective Consciousness

Am I a conspiracy theorist? I don’t know; I’ll say what the formerly blind man said to his interrogators — I once was blind, but now I see. Call it what you want.

Editorial #3: Black History is American History

In this city, parks are named for various people we’ve never heard of, and most don’t care who they were or why the recognition. But who was Vivian G. Harsh?

 

Editorial #2: If My People…

Over the last 24 hours, the occurrence of the century happened. I did not want to watch the news. Every show that came on was cause for tears. If you cry over Chicago Fire, something is definitely wrong! Why? Because a young […]