March 30, 2017
Sharp n’ Blunt
Columnist
Trump’s embolden America yearns to tell Black folks “when, where and what” to say n’ do. We’ve been stabbed in the back, and now they have the audacity to tell us “how loud” to scream.
Over the last century or so America's national pastimes, “major” sports have come to be floor-to- ceiling mirrors which reflect a “rigged” US society; an oppressive…
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Commentary
Editorial Board
"If white artists are going to deal with race, we need to be ready to take the heat and be accountable if we offend people. I think we should deal with race, and get into the conversations that follow, and then be ready to make things as right as possible if we offend people,
When artist Dana Schutz presented “Open Casket,” an abstract painting of Emmett Till’s open casket-the Chicagoan 14 year old African American male teen lynched in the…
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Commentary
Columnist
From the early 1950s, Lu worked in a variety positions as a journalist, communicator, writer, and educator. The name Lu Palmer is synonymous with the quest of Black people’s efforts in Chicago and around the country in our fight for self determination and independence.
We should always remember some of our great ancestors. One such ancestor is Lu Palmer. On Sunday, September 12, 2004, Lu Palmer made his transition to…
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