He didn't ask me, but now that Sen. Barack Obama is the PN (Presumptive Nominee), his biggest task, aside from soothing the bruised ego and feelings of a certain ex-president, is to choose his running mate. He has his advisory committee to come up with a
The National Urban League and Black America lost a dear friend last month. Tim Russert was not only a master newsman and commentator. He was one of the rare leaders in media who never feared to ask or answer the tough question. For Russert, honesty and fa
Much ado (about nothing) has been made about Sen. Barack Obama becoming the first presidential candidate to reject public financing of presidential elections (and the $84.1 million spending limit that comes with it) since it started in 1976. Mainly that O
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National Urban League President Marc Morial was in town June 25 to announce that the nearly century-old organization selected Chicago to hosts its 2009 national convention. It has been nearly 30 years since the Urban League held its confab here.
In his book, All About the Beat, New York Times bestselling author John McWhorter gives a detailed account of why hip hop cannot be the political machine to spark a well-needed revolution within Black America. He argued that while hip hop is one of the gr
“Blue Monday” Our own Illinois Senate President, Emil Jones Jr., is the honorary benefit chair for the Westside Association for Community Action's Blue Monday Extravaganza XXII on July 14 (a Monday, of course!), 5 p.m.%uFFFD9 p.m., at the memb
On June 28, last year's American Idol contestant Melinda Doolittle was in town to perform at the Sinai Health Institute's 15 Years of Going The Distance gala, which celebrated the hospital's presence in North Lawndale, and introduced its Bound for Glory m
