Homicide is just one of many killers plaguing Chicago’s poor black neighborhoods By Steve Bogira Article Reprint Chicago’s homicide rate has drawn headlines this year, locally and nationally, and not without reason. Through July,
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Kara Walker’s Controversial Drawing of Slave Having Sex Returns to Newark Public Library
Associated Press Article Reprint NEWARK, N.J. — A library that covered up a drawing of a black female slave having sex with a white man after workers found it inappropriate is displaying it again. The
Read moreWes Welker Wife Apologizes for Ray Lewis Facebook Rant
By Ryan Wilson Article Reprint In the AFC Championship Game loss to the Ravens, Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker had eight catches for 117 yards and a touchdown. Looking solely at the box score,
Read moreLebron Better than Jordan? Let’s not get Carried Away
By Ken Berger Article Reprint The visceral disdain for LeBron James — some of it admittedly expressed by this writer — was over the top and too much. It was too bitter, too angry, too
Read moreBlack Folks aint Got No Money for Bootstraps: The Black Capitalist Dead End
The African American economic condition deteriorates by the year, but that doesn’t stop the ‘bootstrappers’ from talking trash. “The bootstraps mythology -sometimes under the shorthand, ‘Do for Self’ – implicitly or explicitly urges Black people
Read moreJordan: Dream Team would have no problem vs. London Gold Medalist
By: Sam Amick Article Reprint Beyond Michael Jordan’s exploits as the best player of all time, there hasĀ always been this title too: master of marketing. In the sports business world that Jordan played a
Read moreDenzel Washington, Flight and ‘New Negro Exceptionalism’
By:Usame Tunagur Article Reprint The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recently announced its 2013 Oscar nominations. Nominated in the Best Actor category for his strong performance in Flight (2012), Denzel Washington received his
Read moreMexican Generals Linked to Drug Gangs Lose Appeal
www.reuters.com Article Reprint A Mexican court said on Wednesday that two army generals, one retired and one still serving, should remain in jail and face trial in one of the highest-profile cases linking the military
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