Today’s Quote
 "The good in all men is defined by the goodness in their hearts and in their deeds.  Therefore, judge...
Juanita Bratcher
Mothers: Our Heroes Eternal
This poem was written expressly for my mother, Tommie Sean Forte. On this Mother’s Day, I dedicate it to MOTHERS...
American Blues Theater presents “Tobacco Road” by Jack Kirkland
 "Tobacco Road" at Victory Gardens' Richard Christiansen Theater, May 21- June 20  CHICAGO, IL - American Blues Theater, Chicago's second...
Something is “troubling†in Arizona
 Protests, boycotts and lawsuit challenges of Immigration legislation is certain to follow  By Juanita Bratcher  After the Arizona...
Is “The Black Church Dead”, or “Alive and Doing well?”
It's a controversial topic that won't go away - an Op-Ed article in the Huffington Post's February 24th issue, authored...
Church is neither brick nor mortar
 "The true Black Church (body of true believers) is yet faithful to those things that have been set-forth by...
What Pastors have a problem with
  "The Church must take its faith and base it on initiatives of economic independence and not institutional dependency..."...
United Immigrant Front announces campaign of “civil resistance” in Chicago
 Letter to Editor                                     The event in Arizona last Friday where the governor signed the most racist bill ever, targeting the...
Rep. Schakowsky: Arizona’s Immigration Law is “excessive and draconian”
 Rep. Schakowsky’s Statement on Arizona ’s Excessive Immigration Law  WASHINGTON, DC – (April 26, 2010) Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)...
Tea Party movement gets far more credit than deserved
 COMMENTARY  By Juanita Bratcher  I don’t know about you, but I’m very much aware that the media...
