Case ignites her compassion for justice
[by Chinta Strausberg] An assistant state’s attorney both in Cook and Will County since 2004, Sondra Denmark was inspired to run for the 15^th sub-circuit judge position by a teenage girl once arrested for carrying drugs…a case that ignited a feeling of compassion but ended with her getting the teen’s captor behind bars where he belong.

Born in Chicago on the South Side, Sondra Denmark was raised in Hazel Crest, Illinois where she attended the Hillcrest High

Donnie McClurkin, Jr., a gospel music singer and a minister who has won three Grammy awards, ten Stellar awards, two BET awards, two Soul Train awards, one Dove award and one NAACP Image award, will preach a two-day revival at Saint Sabina 7 p.m., Monday, March 10, 2014, and Tuesday, March 11th, at Saint Sabina Church, 1210 W. 78th Place.

Born on November 9, 1959 in Copiague, New York, McClurkin has seen and been a victim of sexual child abuse. When he was 8-years-old, his 2-year-old brother wa

AUTHOR REVEALS THE GREATEST STORY NEVER TOLD

-- The Things That Mainstream Society Don't Want People of Color To Know -

 Independent researcher, community activist, author and musician Baba Lawrence, who is the principle facilitator of Spearmangroup, has penned an interesting new novel, Melanin: The Basic Guide to Knowledge of Self

Baba Lawrence claims "Even though the topic of Melanin is one of the most studied aspects of biology, neuro science, and anatomy, its investigation is carried out

"This proposal is fundamentally flawed. Instead of explicitly acknowledging the

With the increasing Indian population day by day, people are always in hurry to go offices and to drop somebody or to pick up somebody. People care a lot about their vehicles but due to less parking space and management they park their vehicles everywhere which are doubtful not safe and public face traffic problem. Keeping these things in mind we need more and more parking space facilities to remove parking problem, government and private premises and organizations have installed their own autom

AFRICAN AMERICAN LANDOWNER FEARS DEVELOPING LAND NO MORE

With the help of REDI Foundation, Susannah Nfonoyim, a landowner in Houston, Texas, has learned that developing land is easy - and very profitable - with just a little hard work.

Susannah Nfonoyim

At a recent news conference, Richard Michael Abraham, founder of The REDI Foundation announced that one of the main purposes of their 6-Month Online Real Estate Development Mentoring/Certification Program is to provide a step-by-step process for

Black conservatives affiliated with the Project 21 leadership network are available for comment about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., his beliefs and his legacy in observance of the upcoming national holiday that bears Dr. King's name. For over 20 years, Project 21 has helped promote black conservatives to highlight the political diversity of the black community.

"Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. emb

Some Insights into Democracy and How it can work in Nigeria.

Democracy promotes the same sets of value no matter where it is practiced. Simple definition implies that government is made up of people, and should serve the people. In order to enjoy the fruits (or as we call it in Nigeria, the dividends) of democracy, all its various components i.e. people and its legal frame work of operation (constitution) will have to work hand in hand. We also want to emphasize that greed, fraud and corruption,

Happy 2014 to you & yours!
I'm sharing an article my husband wrote about Black films and Black support of those films. Enjoy!

Well, Happy Saturday!!! Today, I found myself doing something I RARELY do...read something that is not education-related!!! I LIKE THAT! But, I want say something about what I read...it has made me reflect on something I have talked about among friends over the last few years.
 I picked up the Dec/Jan issue of Ebony, and read the featured article "Men of Honor", featuring F

Marvin X interview on KPFA and KPOO radio stations about his friend Amiri Baraka

Marvin X will be interviewed about his friend Amiri Baraka by KPFA's (www.kpfa.org) Greg Bridges, Monday, 8pm. On Tuesday he will be interviewed by Terry Collins  of KPOO (www.kpoo.org radioa bout his 50 year friendship with AB. 

Baraka had invited Marvin X to read at a tribute for poet Jayne Cortez at New York University, Feb 4, 2014. The tribute will go on, we assume with a tribute to Baraka as well. 

Marvin X invite

                                               Tech accelerator 88mph has announced that it will invest US1.5 million in a selection of start-ups in Nigeria and will open an accelerator in Lagos. Interestingly they are also looking at raising what they call “baby series A funding” to help more of their start-ups to get out of the starting blocks. I spoke this week to Dan Bowyer, Programme Director at 88mph in Cape Town.

88mph has created two accelerators in Africa: one in Nairobi and the other

• System Helps Black Business Obtain Funding

• Live online business class to be held on Jan 25, 2014
  Joya O. Johnson, CEO of Positive Minded Sisters (PMS) Financial Services, LLC

Finance experts are elated as Joya O. Johnson, CEO of Positive Minded Sisters (PMS) Financial Services, LLC has finally rolled out her much anticipated Business Finance Suite to help African-American owned businesses obtain funding.

Positive Minded Sisters (PMS) Financial Services, LLC has released a first of its kind ca

Fifty years ago today, before a joint session of Congress, President Lyndon Baines Johnson announced an "unconditional war on poverty in America." Today, black activists with the Project 21 leadership network are critical of how that war has been waged. They note the expansion of government and a

Saafara West African Herbal Teas Crowdfunding Campaign

San Francisco-based Saafara Herbal Teas has launched an Indiegogo.com crowdfunding campaignto gain community support in their goal to become a premier “Brand Recognized” name in the herbal tea market. Saafara seeks to innovate the herbal tea market by providing delicious, caffeine-free herbal teas, from the refreshing and stress-busting Savanna Mint, to the citrusy after-meal soother White Hibiscus and powerful healing superfood Seh-Ha