Gov. Rauner Announces $37 Million Investment to Enhance Transportation in Illinois Communities
Competitive grant program emphasizes bicycle, pedestrian and streetscape improvements aimed at enhancing travel and quality of life SPRINGFIELD, IL...
Month: May 2018
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY TO MOTHERS AROUND THE WORLD!
Mothers: The glue that holds families together This poem was written expressly for my mother, Tommie Sean Forte. On this...
Mothers: The Glue That Binds Families Together
A Tribute to My Mother (A reprint: First published in www.copylinemagazine.com on May 8, 2010) By Juanita Bratcher I never...
Not So Fast, Alderman Harris, The Fight to Keep Low Income Housing Out of Pill Hill and Calumet Heights is Not Over
By Dr. Juanita Bratcher Author, Editor & Publisher, CopyLine Magazine It was not a surprise yesterday when the Chicago Zoning...
NAACP Joins Florida State Conference in Denouncing Univ. of Florida “Aggressive” Behavior Toward Black Graduates During Commencement
BALTIMORE — The NAACP, the nation’s foremost civil rights organization issued the following statement regarding the aggressive behavior shown toward Black...
REPORT: Number of Women in Prison is Nearly 8X Higher Than in 1980
From: Marc Mauer The Sentencing Project New Report Examines Trends in Female Incarceration The number of women in...
Black Women Leaders Speak Up And Out on Money and the “METOO” Movement
Author Dr. Venus Opal Reese Says "It's Not Only Our Time But Our Turn" Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- "Why is it...
Alderman Harris Did it Again!: A Basic Show of Disrespect for 8th Ward Residents
By Dr. Juanita Bratcher Author, Editor & Publisher, CopyLine Magazine Alderman Michelle Harris rubbed 8th Ward residents the wrong way...
Another Man Sues Former Chicago Cop Guevara & City After Being Wrongfully Imprisoned For Almost 20 Years
Ariel Gomez was 17 years old when he was beaten and framed By Chicago Det. Reynaldo Guevara & colleagues CHICAGO,...
Governor Rauner Announces Public Infrastructure Grant Recipients
36 communities across 29 Illinois counties receive public infrastructure funds SPRINGFIELD, IL - The Illinois Department of Commerce...
