By: Jarrod Horton Staff Writer Have you ever been waiting in grocery store line and happened to pick a tabloid to kill time? If you have wonder why grabbing those magazines are so tempting, Slate.com
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Founded by Chicagoans Kanye West and Rhymefest in Honor of Mr. West’s Mom, Donda West blackstarjournal Article Submission It is no secret that the crime epidemic in Chicago is national news. According to the 2013
Read moreUNC: We failed students ‘for years’
By Sara Ganim Article Submission The University of North Carolina failed some of its students “for years” by allowing them to take classes that did not match its own academic standards, Chancellor Carol Folt has admitted.
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Read moreJay Leno Says Goodbye to the Tonight Show, Probably for Real This Time
Billy Crystal, a Kardashian, and some tears for Jay’s (re)retirement By James Poniewozik Article Reprint If people have noticed that Jay Leno‘s sendoff from the Tonight show has been extremely low-key, there is one explanation:
Read moreCTA ‘Sock Man’ Shows the Hustle It Takes on the Edge
By Mark Konkol Article Reprint Always on the hunt for interesting Chicago characters, I’ve met and written stories about a lot of them over the years — fruit bag salesmen, rat-killing specialists, singing cab
Read moreRevin Fellows wants more young people to hit the books, not the streets
by Michelle Kanaar Article Submission Revin Fellows was raised in the Chatham neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side. On his way to play basketball at the Chatham YMCA, he would often pass the neighborhood drug dealers,
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