Summer break is almost over and schools are preparing for the return of students. Some are concerned about the lax virus-mitigation mandates with the COVID-19 subvariant, BA.5, being highly contagious. This year Illinois students will not be mandated to wear…
For the first time in nearly a decade, Christine Houston’s play, “Two Twenty Seven,” will come to life every weekend throughout August at Chicago’s ETA Creative Arts Foundation Theater. Everyone is invited into the playwright’s imagination while enjoying an afternoon…
One word, one all-consuming emotion which has meaning far beyond the four letters used to create a description of what is happening in my country, a country that once celebrated understanding and compassion. That word is ‘hate.’ Hate is not…
Most Americans are unlikely aware that “Big Oil” continues to receive tax subsidies. For decades, the most corrupt corporations in America have made fools of our people and our government to ensure profits in the hundreds of percentiles. The government,…
Is Shereé Whitfield looking for love in all the wrong places. She returned to the “Real Housewives of Atlanta (RHOA)” reality show this season to many fans delight. Shereé seemed to be on solid ground with ex-boyfriend Tyrone Gilliams. Her…
History-making “Star Trek” actress Nichelle Nichols died of natural causes on Saturday evening in Silver City, New Mexico. She was 89. Her son announced her death on Facebook, and a family friend confirmed when and where she passed away. Nichols portrayed…