Dear Gwendolyn:Five years ago I became a medical doctor and opened my clinic in a small mid-western town. I was able to secure a loan and hired the best staff I could find. Gwendolyn, out of eight children I was the only one to make a success with my li
NEWYORK–Michelle Obama's todo list before Jan. 20 surely is long, and somewhere on it must be choosing her inaugural wardrobe. Whatever Michelle Obama wears first to the ceremony and then the ball celebrating her husband Barack as the 44th president
ROCKFORD, Ill.–The nation’s economic troubles play out one family at a time at the New Horizons Learning Center in this struggling city two hours northwest of Chicago. Some parents have been laid off and must pull their children out of the day
Congratulations, Mr. President.Twenty-two months ago when U.S. Senator Barack Hussein Obama made the announcement of his candidacy for the office of President of the United States, the Chicago Defender was there, and we have not only chronicled his hi
State Sen. President Emil Jones Jr. (D-14th) and President-elect Barack Obama have been political godfather and godson, respectively for more than two decades, going back to a time when Obama hadn’t expressed an interest in holding political office,
Don’t expect a drawn-out conversation when someone mentions to Valerie Jarrett that she is the first African American woman to be intricately involved in a successful U.S. presidential race.
