A Chicago bar located in River North has released a controversial dress code policy that has everyone talking. Continue Reading The Bottle Blonde, a beer and pizza garden located in the River North neighborhood of Chicago has released a policy that has many wondering just exactly who it is they’re looking to keep away. The bar released a very lengthy…
Photo Credit: Andre Jamar/Andre Jamar Photography Alphas In The Streets, Saturday May 20, 2017 On Saturday, May 20th, hundreds of members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. marched through the Southside of Chicago in an effort to reclaim their community. And while it hasn’t gathered much media coverage, it’s important that stories like these are told, especially when we’re consistently that…
The mother of a six-year-old, Leanndra Cheatham, posted a video of her son that has since gone viral. The St. Louis native Jeffrey Cheatham is asking us to stop the violence. Continue Reading “I feel bad about people killing each other, because God is going to help your brain. God is going to make you safe. God is going to…
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images Beyonce and Jay Z attend the “China: Through The Looking Glass” Costume Institute Benefit Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2015 in New York City. Looks like Jay Z and Beyonce have just cracked $1 billion dollars. Continue Reading According to a Forbes list released today, Beyonce has amassed a net worth…
Former President (I know, still hurts to say) Barack Obama announced a $2 million donation to create more summer jobs for youth in Chicago. Continue Reading “One of the things that we will be starting this year is Michelle and I, personally, are going to donate $2 million to our summer jobs programs here in the community, so that right…
John and Darlene Mullins will celebrate their 54th wedding anniversary in August. (Photo by John Cross, TSU Media Relations) Darlene Mullins began her journey on Tennessee State University back in 1962. A grandmother of four, she’s always taught her children to finish their goals. Continue Reading But for Darlene, love got in the way, she said in an interview with…
The Made in America Festival line-up was announced earlier today, and news broke that both Jay Z and J Cole would headline the festival. Continue Reading Made in America, now in its 6th year, will return to Philadelphia on September 2nd and 3rd. In addition to Jay Z and J Cole, the lineup also includes the likes of Migos, Solange,…
For the 8th consecutive year in a row, Chicago’s Urban Prep Academy is sending 100% of its students to college. A notable accomplishment the school has achieved every year since 2010. Continue Reading According to its website, “100% of the seniors from Urban Prep’s Englewood, West and Bronzeville campuses have been accepted to four-year colleges and universities. Students from all…
LeBron James during the Ninth Pangos Dream Classic game against Mater Dei High School at the Pauley Pavilion on the UCLA campus on January 4, 2003. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images.) When LeBron James entered the NBA in 2003, he would go on to become one of the very last basketball players to be drafted directly from high school. But…
Earlier today, Shea Moisture released a new ad and they completely missed the mark. They turned their backs on the core community that the brand was built on. Black women. Continue Reading The one-minute advertisement featured three white women and a lighter-skinned woman of color. And while I’m all for diversity in advertisement, this is the part that really set…
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