‘Articles’ Archives
Marion Jones Goes to the Court After Track and Field »
I am not sure who recorded it, but there is a song out there that says, “No you can't keep a good man down, no.” Some thought that after losing five Olympic medals for using performance-enhancing drugs would silence her forever but no not Marion Jones, 34 year-old. Jones, the disgraced former sprinter once called the [...]
Vote to Discontinue Black History »
By Eryn-Ashlei Bailey I think Black History Month should be discontinued. What's all the fuss about anyway? Schools have been de-segregated, interracial marriages and children are on the rise. Heck, we even have a black president. I was raised to be color-blind. I don't see color. I don't look at facial features and traits to judge [...]
South Africa Zuma is a Busy Man Knocking Boots »
By Charles S. Mombo Image: South African's President Jacob Zuma with his three first ladies. I am going to say this as I see it. The 66 year-old South African President, Jacob Zuma, has been a very busy man lately. I am not talking about busy running the affairs of the South African nation. Zuma appears to be very busy knocking boots and [...]
An Interview with Chicago’s Chef Yowceph Ben »
By Charles S. Mombo Whenever I am in the City of Big Shoulders for some work thing, I always find time to sneak away and gravitate toward one of the world's best coffee shop locate on Chicago's South Side - MySoul Café located at 7201 and Exchange Avenue. The warmness of the café seems to be an extension of its friendly [...]
An Interview With Illinois U.S. Senatorial Candidate »
By Charles S. Mombo Since 1870, the United States Senate have had ONLY 6 African-American Senators. Two out of the six were Republicans elected during the Reconstruction era and four out of the six were elected in modern era. The last three African Americans or Blacks to serve in the U.S Senate were from Illinois. The six African Americans [...]
Sen. Graham Sees Blacks Among South Carolina Problems »
By Tolbert Yarkpawolo When Lindsey Graham replaced retired Senator Strom Thurmond as Senator of South Carolina in 2002, it appears that Graham inherited more than Thurmond's political slot. Senator Thurmond was considered by some as a racist bigot and one of the most detestable politicians that the United States has ever produced. [...]
9.5 Steps to Improving Your Website or Blog Pagerank »
Pagerank, also known as PR, is the term created by Google in determining a site placement with regards to their algorithm which ranks web pages. It said that Larry Page, Google’s cofounder along with Sergey Brin developed the Google ranking algorithm process. Google uses a scale to value the importance of each web page. The exact Pagerank [...]
Do You Care if Mrs. Obama Doesn’t Support Black »
By Charles S. Mombo For millions of American women, Jacqueline Kennedy was the fashion standard by which every woman including African Americans on the public stage was judged. She was the closest thing that Americans could compare to royalty. A fashion icon, Jackie Kennedy created a look that many would like to introduce into their own sense of [...]
Heather Ellis and the Bizarre Walmart Incident »
By Charles S. Mombo CNN News reported last night that Heather Ellis, a 24 year-old African American Xavier University graduate could face fifteen years behind bars for assaulting police officers and resisting arrest after she cut the line at Wal-Mart store in Kennett, Missouri. On Nov. 18, her case went to trial in Dunklin County, Mo., on two [...]
An Interview with RENT’s Actress, N.K Gutierrez »
By: Charles Mombo Despite her busy schedule between practices and managing her Bridal Stylist business, N.K Gutierrez found the time to meet and have a cup of coffee with me at Caribou Coffee shop in Oak Park, Illinois – a suburb of Chicago. We talked about RENT and her other aspirations. Find out what’s in store for this beautiful, [...]
Chi-Town – America’s Third Most Miserable »
By: Charles Mombo Call it whatever nickname you want: My Kind of Town, Beirut by the Lake, Second City, Chicagoland, The Big Onion, The City That Works, The Chill or Chi Ill (Chill as in Chicago Illinois), Hog butcher for the world, Tool maker, Stacker of wheat, Player with railroads, The nation's freight handler; Stormy, Husky, Brawling, City [...]
Flirting and human sexuality »
By Frank T. Scruggs, M.A., Ph.D. Candidate I’m just taking a few moments here to discuss a little bit about what I know as a social scientist about flirting and how to recognize the steps. Feel free to conduct your own research and test out what you find I have written here. Body language is quite revealing as with all of our behavioral [...]
The God of Bishop Gene Robinson »
Bishop Gene Robinson is the openly gay Episcopal bishop who helped advise President-elect Barack Obama on gay rights issues during his campaign. Robinson was recently asked by the Obama's team to deliver the invocation at a kickoff inaugural event on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, couple of days before the inauguration ceremony. Robinson had [...]
The 1st African American as President Means to Me… »
by Antoinette Brooks The 1st African American as President means to me the nation has had a rude awakening by finding out the African American determination can no longer be underestimated or discounted. For this is the day that ALL Americans can sing out-loud with true conviction, "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of [...]
Son of Former Liberian Prez Taylor sentenced »
By: Tolbert Yarkpawolo Charles "Chuckie" Taylor, 31-year-old, U.S.-born citizen and the son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor Sr. was sentenced Friday to 97 years in prison for charges including torture and conspiracy, according to a federal court in Florida. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Chuckie moved to [...]
Jim Crow, Roland Burris and the 111th Congress »
By Charles Mombo With an uncomfortable resemblance of scenes from the Jim Crow era, the Illinois Senate appointee Roland Burris, who is an African American was escorted out of the Capitol in the rain after being turned away when he arrived for the swearing-in ceremonies of the 111th Congress. Legislation known as Jim Crow laws separated people [...]
Why is Harry Reid all up in Illinois’ Kool-Aid? »
By: Charles Mombo I have always wonder why Harry Mason Reid, the Senate Majority Leader and Senator from Nevada is all in Illinois' Kool-Aid and don't even know the flavor? Senator Reid has not hid his feelings about Illinois Governor Ron Blagojevich and the appoint of the Honorable Roland Burris to replace Barack Obama. Well, his [...]
Jim Roy, 1926 U.S. First African American President »
By Charles Mombo During a recent visit to Brazil, my ignorance was exposed when I commented to a tour guard that the people gathered at Chicago's Grant Park had nothing on the people of São Paulo, Brazil. I had wrongly assumed that the overwhelming Obama's craze sweeping Brazil was due to the fact that it has the largest population of [...]
Stevie Wonder: Gershwin prize second recipient »
Stevie Wonder (born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13, 1950, name later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris) will be awarded the Gershwin prize on February 23, 2009. Steven will be only the second recipient to receive the Gershwin prize. The Gershwin Prize, is an award handed out by the U.S. Library of Congress. James Billington of the [...]
Roland Burris a proven and honorable public servant »
By: Frank Scruggs Roland Burris has proven himself to be an honest and honorable public servant. He meets the Constitutional Requirements for the Senate and to deprive him the opportunity to serve is to deny the people of Illinois a complete voice in the Federal Government. While the Governor stands accused he is still innocent until proven [...]
Running Amok – Black Youths Murder Rate »
By Charles Mombo Both James Alan Fox, Ph.D., the Lipman Family Professor of Criminal Justice and Professor of Law, Policy and Society and Marc L. Swatt, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice. of Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts recently published a report that shows that 54 percent of gun violence victims are black males [...]
Gaza – Neutrality with children under blazing »
A very brilliant Jewish man once, wrote “I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” Elie Wiesel was right, the world was silent during the Holocaust [...]
Israeli massacre by raining in 100 tons of bombs on »
by: Tolbert Yarkpawolo The fourth day into its genocide, Israeli jets continue to pound the Gaza Strip massacring more innocent babies, women and men by dropping tons of U.S. made bombs on the Palestinian heads. Some of Israeli's indiscriminate and disproportional force of missiles struck in densely populated areas as children were leaving [...]
An out-of-touch RNC to elect a Chairman »
by: Tolbert Yarkpawolo The Republican National Committee (RNC) is expected to hold its election for chairman in January. The 168 RNC committee members will decide the next chairman at their winter meeting in January. The meeting on January 28, is expected to showcase six prominent GOPers including two African Americans. Michael Steele, the [...]
FBI Arrest Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford »
-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> by: Tolbert Yarkpawolo BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – FBI spokesman Paul Daymond, announced today that Mayor Larry Langford, 60-year-old, was arrested and taken into custody around 7 a.m. on federal bribery and fraud charges [...]
Did LBJ, King opened door for Obama’s election? »
by: Tolbert Yarkpawolo I recently read an interesting article by Luci Baines Johnson on CNN.com. In her article Ms. Johnson is basically crediting LBJ and King for opening the door for Obama's election. Luci Baines Johnson is the younger daughter of Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th president of the United States. She is chairman of LBJ [...]
Who cares if the Vatican forgives John Lennon »
by: Tolbert Yarkpawolo In 1966 John Lennon told a British newspaper that the Beatles were more famous than Jesus Christ. Although it was an apparent youthful joke, the Vatican did not take it lightly. Lennon also noted at the time that he did not know which would die out first, Christianity or rock and roll. A Vatican newspaper [...]
Miriam Makeba, Mama Africa – Africa’s »
by: Tolbert Yarkpawolo African musical legend Miriam Makeba, 76-year-old, has died after being ill in Italy. The Pineta Grande clinic in Castel Volturno, near the southern city of Naples, said Makeba died early Monday of a heart attack. Makeba collapsed on stage Sunday night after singing one of her [...]
The meanest, the dirtiest, the sleaziest and “that »
by: Tolbert Yarkpawolo for: http://www.ThatOneMcCain.com Whether election 2008 is the meanest, sleaziest, lowest-down, and dirtiest campaign ever, I will leave that to the political analyst to determine. When Arne H. (Helge) Carlson, a former Republican Governor of Minnesota endorsed Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, he [...]
Was McCain involved in secret arm sales to Iran? »
By: Tolbert Yarkpawolo For: http://www.ChocolateCity.cc/blog It is a popular and well known idiom that “people who live in glass houses should not throw stones!,” or should I paraphrase the idiom by saying “people who live in 7 glass houses should not throw stones!.” Something made of glass can easily break; it is [...]
Open Letter to Americans: Declaration of Economic »
Declaration of Economic Emergency to Prevent the Economic Implosion of the United States of America. By P. Nathaniel Boe, Esq. Today, September 29, 2008, the Great United States of America is near a point of unprecedented Economic Implosion or meltdown. The House of Representatives of the United States Congress has just rejected the Economic [...]
Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Guilty of the freedom to choose »
By: Tolbert Yarkpawolo Ayaan Hirsi Ali, 38-year-old, was born in Mogadishu, Somalia. She was raised a Muslim and spent her childhood and young adulthood in Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia and Kenya. In 1992, Hirsi Ali moved to the Netherlands as a refugee escaping a forced marriage to a distant cousin she had never met. She sought and obtained political [...]
The Importance and Strength of the African Family in »
The Importance and Strength of the African Family in North America By Frank T. Scruggs What is important to us as African people of the world? First of all I think the most important thing for us as a people is to avoid falling into the trap of selfism which Dr. John Gueguen, Illinois State University professor emeritus, described as being [...]
