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...
Religion/Commentary
U.S. Has One Justice System for the Wealthy, and Another for the Poor and People of Color
From: Marc Mauer Executive DirectorThe Sentencing ProjectI want to bring your attention to some of The Sentencing Project’s...
“The City’s Gift of a Trojan Horse”: Low Income Housing Project in the Pill Hill and Calumet Heights Area Will Tilt the Scale and Structure of the 8th Ward Community
By Pamela Bratcher-McMillan Despite several studies that reveal low income housing high rises never made the cut, and that the...
Blacks and Hispanics Struggles: Where is Our Place in the American Dream?
By Elder Raymond Christian Copyright. All Rights Reserved Was the Dreamer Wrong? Where is our place in the American...
Did Mayor Rahm Emanuel & Alderman Michelle Harris Conspire Together to Bring a Low Income Section 8 Senior Building to the 8th Ward?
By Rev. Dr. Harold Bailey President & Founder of Probation Challenge & The PCC Network Did Mayor Rahm Emanuel &...
OP-ED: Amidst Black Homeownership Crisis, a Mortgage Leader Rises Up to Teach
By Hazel Trice Edney Lois Johnson, founder/CEO, United Security Financial Corp (TriceEdneyWire.com) - As America commemorates the 50th...
OP-ED: I Say No to a Starbucks Boycott
By Jerroll Sanders Jerroll Sanders Starbucks has proven to be one of America's most responsible corporate citizens. In 2014 following...
8th Ward Alderman Ignores Pill Hill Community Concerns and Proceeds to Let Low Income, Section 8 Senior Building Come Into Ward
The 8th Ward community overwhelmingly oppose the 7 Story, 1-2 Bedrooms low income Senior Housing facility proposed to be built...
Fair Housing Act: A Milestone on the Journey to Equality
Op-ED By Jeffrey W. Hicks A half-century ago, the Fair Housing Act was enacted to prohibit discrimination in...
8th Ward Alderman Evades Yet Another Meeting with the Concerned Citizens of the 8th Ward About Proposed Low Income Senior Housing
By Pamela Bratcher-McMillan Once again, the alderman of the 8th ward had the opportunity to talk to residents immediately affected...
