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The Chicago Jazz Festival 2025 Returns With Four Days of Free Music Across the City

The Chicago Jazz Festival is back this weekend, starting Thursday, August 28 through Sunday, August 31. The free festival, centered around Millennium Park, will carry the sound of horns and drums for four straight days, before spilling out from Pritzker Pavilion into the rest of downtown. City officials bill it as one of summer’s marquee events, but for plenty of Chicagoans it’s just part of the rhythm of August, something that ties the neighborhoods to the lakefront.

Property is Power! Making Sense of Today’s Mortgage Rates and What It Means for Black Homeownership

by Anthony O. Kellum The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate has dipped to around 6.5%, the lowest level we’ve seen in months. For many, that...

Celebrating Chicago’s Basketball Greats at NBA Legend Day

This past weekend, we had the honor of attending the NBA Legend Day celebration at Pier 31 Restaurant in Chicago. Hosted by veteran NBA...

104-YEAR-OLD CAREER EDUCATOR RECENTLY LAUDED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA FOR REGISTERING TO VOTE SUCCUMBS

PRESS RELEASE For more information contact: Sean Howard @ 312-498-1371 MEDIA ADVISORY JENNIE McDUFFIE CELEBRATED HER 104TH BIRTHDAY LAST YEAR BY COMPLETING HER MAIL IN BALLOT FOR...

Property is Power! How VantageScore 4.0 and Today’s Refinancing Boom Can Help Close the Black Homeownership Gap

The power of property ownership in the African American community has always been about more than bricks and mortar it’s about access, equity, and...

The Fighting Illini prepare to take on the 2025 season

Seventy-four years is a long time to wait. The last time the Fighting Illini claimed the title of national champion was in 1951. Since then,...

Matters of Life and Death – Oh, What Tangled Titles We Weave

By Jehan Crump-Gibson For many families, the major asset that gets passed down to future generations is a home. Can you guess what asset...

The Carr Report: He owes me $25K—but it’s all in my name!

“I co-signed a $25,000 consolidation loan for my ex. He left after the breakup and now I’m stuck with the entire debt. He...

From Pit to Purpose: Carmen Lemons Leads Lem’s Bar-B-Q with Wellness, Wisdom & a Whole Lot of Flavor

When you walk into Lem’s Bar-B-Q on 75th, you’re not just smelling ribs—you’re inhaling history. And now, under the leadership of Carmen Lemons, the...

The Carr Report: Earning $300K and still drowning in debt!?

According to a survey by LendingTree, 62 percent of people making over $300,000 a year are carrying credit card debt. Not just using their...
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