LOS ANGELES, Sept. 27 /PRNewswire/ — Two of America’s most influential and provocative public figures, broadcaster Tavis Smiley and Princeton professor Cornel West have joined forces to co-host a new radio program – Smiley &…
NEW YORK, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ — Today the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued an injunction protecting funds from the Road Home Program so that displaced homeowners can have an…
by La Risa Lynch As kids head back to school, community and political leaders searched for ways to stop the violence that claimed 27 Chicago Public Schools students last school year. They sought input from…
Skills helpful in Maj. Mark Hopkins’ first combat deployment By La Risa Lynch Last October, Mark Hopkins sat behind a desk at his Hyde Park business providing legal service for identity theft victims. By month’s…
by La Risa Lynch The proposed merger between Comcast and NBC-Universal will create the nation’s biggest media entity putting hundreds of cable channels, local broadcast stations and internet service under the control of one company….
by La Risa Lynch When Gloria Johnson is having a Sickle Cell crisis the last place she wants to be is in an emergency room. “These doctors don’t know what they are doing,” Johnson, 55,…
by La Risa Lynch Bringing in the National Guard to curb violence plaguing city neighborhoods dominated a Seventh Ward public safety meeting last week where Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis insisted that police are better…
Bullying has taking on a new dimension in the digital age. Teachers, students and local politicians hope changes in federal law will give school districts more authority to address and combat it.
By La Risa Lynch Ernestine Pendleton, of Marquette Park, didn’t plan on working up a sweat when she picked up her five year-old son from a pee-wee basketball league at the South Side YMCA. But…