Activist

I can remember about two months ago talking to Phillip Jackson, as I posed a question to him that I've been asking dozens of...

  Maxwell Emcays is not only an artist, but he is revolutionizing Chicago with his art activism project series titled: Demand Justice. With all the...

Recuses Herself By Ken Hare Chicago Defender Staff Writer Cook County States Attorney Anita Alvarez has asked a judge to recuse herself from the case against Officer...

As reported by CNN, Afeni Shakur Davis, the mother of one of hip-hop's most seminal and iconic figures, has died at age 69, the...

Award Winning Author Sophia A Nelson        Will Talk Woman "Code" The 2016 Missions and Marketplace Conference Sophia A. Nelson, Esquire is an award winning...

*Nicki Minaj may have attracted many looks and headlines over the racy video to her song “Anaconda,” but for bell hooks, the clip falls into the been there, seen that many times category. The feminist/social activist was among a group of women weighing in on female sexuality in pop culture during a recent panel at […]

Exterior view of San Jose State University in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, June 30, 2011. The school is one of the state schools...

South African Jazz singer and composer Sathima Bea Benjamin (1936-2013), wife of South African pianist Abdullah Ibrahim, performs at the JVC Jazz Festival in...

It is rare to come across a rising entertainer who approaches important social causes with the same fervor they would apply to their...