When the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. was finished in 1983, the wall listed approximately 58,000 servicemen and women who had either died...
Starex Smith, aka “The Hungry Black Man,” toured many great Black-owned Chicago eateries with his team from Miami.
My favorite brunch spot in all of...
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Chicago Public Schools’ latest school choice initiative, GoCPS, was the topic of conversation for an On the...
The Black AIDS Institute, the nation’s only think tank focused on the impact of HIV upon Black communities, has announced a national, digital-community campaign,...
Howard University’s NewsVision Reporter Jamai Harris investigates the lives of children whose parents have been incarcerated. There's also a special report on this topic...
TimeLine Theater Company Presents
PARADISE BLUE
Playwright Dominique Morisseau
Director Ron OJ Parsons
Now Playing April 26 – July 23
When I ask people about music in...
Kendell Byrd had her doubts when she attended a presentation by Quintin Backstrom, an admissions counselor from the Illinois Math and Science Academy (IMSA),...
