COLUMN: How to Maximize the Next 6 Months and Achieve Your Goals

Imagine it being July and you’re completely satisfied with the way your year has gone. Now, imagine it being July and you aren’t. Two things can...

A Silver Room Block Party Farewell and More Fun Things to Do This Weekend

This weekend is bittersweet. For the last time, we will have the Silver Room Sound System Block Party, the unapologetically Black celebration of love, music and...

Rep. du Buclet Applauds Planned Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monuments

State Rep. Kimberly du Buclet, D-Chicago, is applauding President Joe Biden’s announcement this week that new national monuments will honor the lives of Emmett Till and...

Season 4, Episode 17

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n Episode 18 of “Frankie…

Rep. Cori Bush Calls Out Republican Lawmaker: ‘Your Bills Are Racist’

Photo: Alex Wong / Getty Images News / Getty Images Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) criticized Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) on the House floor Thursday (July...

Carlee Russell Arrested, Charged In Kidnapping Hoax

Photo: Hoover Police Department Carlee Russell has been charged in connection to her kidnapping hoax. On Friday (July 28), prosecutors in Hoover, Alabama charged the Alabama...

Roman Banks Set to Star in ‘MJ: The Musical’ at the Nederlander Theatre

Roman Banks once aspired to be “a serious actor,” in the vein of Will Smith’s Robert Neville in the 2007 film “I Am Legend.” But those...

This Saturday, Burst Into Books Presents the 2nd Annual W.O.W. Lit Fest

Burst Into Books is a nonprofit offering literacy and resources for children six months to eighteen years old and providing representation by diverse authors, books &...