The youth uprisings around the country have ignited a fire that is blazing a path for change and justice. By Kirsten West Savali | Originally Published at The Root May 8 2015 2:23 PM | Demonstrators gather in Daley Plaza in Chicago April 14, 2015, to draw [...]
Over the past few years, Americans have spent millions of dollars to enjoy fictional rebellion. Combined, "The Giver," the "Hunger Games" series, and the "Divergent" series — all novels turned films — have amassed over $2 billion globally. In addition to their financial success, they have [...]
By Juan M. Thompson | Originally Published at The Intercept. May 3, 2015 | Photographic Credit; David Goldman/AP After prosecutor Marilyn Mosby charged six Baltimore police officers with the killing of Freddie Gray, this city, which had been roiled by protests since his death in police custody [...]
SELMA, Ala. — The memory is as powerful as if it were yesterday. On March 25, 1965, tens of thousands of us gathered before the Alabama State Capitol, the endpoint of a five-day, 54-mile march from Selma to Montgomery. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called out, [...]
Today’s New York Times tries its hand at explaining why on earth something as silly as neighborhood public schools could bedevil Rahm Emanuel right out of his incumbent throne as Mayor of Chicago. My home is on Chicago’s South Side, on a street full of cops [...]
By Adrienne Maree Brown | Originally Published at Yes! Magazine. February 24, 2015 | Photographic credit; Millions March NYC, December 2014. By B.C. Lorio. The people dying are moms and dads, kids and teenagers, nerdy, quiet boys and girls. This movement is showing what wholeness looks like [...]
By Tiffanie Drayton | Originally Published at The Frisky. February 24, 2015 Patricia Arquette’s Oscar acceptance speech imploring for wage equality was met with applause by her peers, including Meryl Streep. However, as The Frisky told you yesterday, her backstage interview — which was reasonably referred to [...]
By Jim Hightower | Originally Published at AlterNet. February 19, 2015 |Photographic Credit; Chicago Buildings Skyscrapers Sunset (Generic Image) "Reclaim Chicago" has a bold progressive plan to reclaim the Windy City from the one percent. Chicago! City of broad shoulders. Plutocratic hog butcher. Toolmaker for progressive [...]
A Chicago election ballot can seem like a store receipt. You look at it and think 'haven't all the decision been made.' What do I do with all this information? Nothing will change. Sure, I will check the pages. But does it make a difference? Enthusiasm fades. [...]
