Once in a lifetime. Once in history. I was reflecting on just what the election of Barack Hussein Obama as 44th President of the United States means. I don't want to oversell it, because today–and the day after–taxes are still too high and son

In many ways, this has been a difficult time for Blacks who believe that a presidential election is an opportunity for policy accountability that must be taken advantage of, because they are afraid that such policy demands would be seen by potential White

On the way to the voting booth on November 4, in addition to thinking about who should occupy the White House, we should also be concerned about who he will appoint to federal courts. The President-elect will likely name one to three Justices to the Supre

A diabetes diagnosis came as a surprise to an American Idol judge, even though he has a family history of it. He felt fine and thought it wouldn’t grab ahold of him. That was until Randy Jackson developed flu-like symptoms, was often dehydrated and

A Black-owned business built from a homemade recipe now has all of its products available to the public after expanding its distribution agreement with major grocery store chain. New dessert items from ComfortCake LLC, a Chicagobased dessert company, is n

She had her fair share of troubles as a child, but always turned to smiles and laughter to get her through. Kellye Howard, a comedienne from the south suburbs, said cracking jokes was her specialty, but didn’t necessarily channel it the right way du

Chicago Symphony Orchestra will feature Canadian concert pianist Stewart Goodyear as soloist for its Subscription Series Concert which begins Thursday. Goodyear will perform Johann Nepomuk Hummel’s Piano Concerto in A-flat Major with guest conductor

ATLANTA-The executive who succeeded Jay-Z as the head of hip hop music label Def Jam Recordings died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound near Atlanta, police said Sunday.

LOS ANGELES–From YouTube to Flickr, from Facebook to Twitter, images and sentiments from celebrations across the nation flooded into the Internet's media-sharing sites, just moments after Barack Obama clinched the presidential election.