Posts Tagged ‘Chicago’
Otis McDonald Sues Chicago Over Handgun Ban »
The Supreme Court agreed to hear oral arguments today over the City of Chicago, Illinois handgun ban. The case was filed by Otis McDonald, 76 year-old Chicago's Morgan Park residence along with others against the city of Chicago, Illinois. McDonald's case is sponsored by the Second Amendment Foundation and the Illinois State Rifle [...]
Indicted Illinois Governor Blagojevich Speaks on »
According to The Daily Northwestern newspaper, former Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojevich will speak at the university at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 2. The event is titled “Ethics in Politics: An evening with Former Governor Rod Blagojevich.” The event is sponsored by College Democrats of Northwestern University. The former Illinois [...]
Crook County Chicago Illinois? »
By Charles S. Mombo One of Cook County's most not-too-famous son, Al Capone, was onces quoted as saying, "A crook is a crook, and there's something healthy about his frankness in the matter. But any guy who pretends he is enforcing the law and steals on his authority is a swell snake. The worst type of these punks is the big [...]
Who Need Marijuana When K2 is Legal in Chicago »
I can imagine that most drug users are saying to themselves, why risk getting caught with illegal possession of marijuana when K2 is easily and legally available in most Chicago's food and liquor stores. K2, a “fake weed” and a marijuana look alike is a synthetic substance that is starting to show up around the Chicagoland area. [...]
An Interview with Fashion Designer Terri Stevens »
Image credit: Barbara Nitke By Charles S. Mombo Terri Stevens has made a name for herself. The beautiful and talented Stevens is a fashion designer and former participant of Project Runway. Stevens owns and designs for her line of clothes - Michael Joseph and funkinbeautiful. She is known across the country for her original style 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 [...]
ChocolateCity Honors Sgt Albert Dono Ware »
By: Charles S. Mombo It seems like it was just yesterday when you arrived from Liberia. It seems like it was just yesterday when you graduated from Corliss High School. It seems like it was just yesterday when you left Kennedy-King College and Chicago State University and joined the Illinois National Guard for 2 1/2 years. It seems like it [...]
DHS Illegally Spied on Farrakhan and Nation of Islam »
WASHINGTON — Homeland security officials improperly gathered intelligence on the Nation of Islam, a black Muslim group, but government rules were "unintentionally and inadvertently violated" and only publicly available information was collected, according to documents made public Wednesday. Internal correspondence shows the 2007 [...]
Chicago Disses Its Black Founder – Jean Baptiste »
Unless you have had a Chicago connection, there is a strong possibility that you have not heard the name Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable. Way before the Magnificent Mile, Navy Pier, Shedd Aquarium, Millennium Park, Sears Tower (or whatever they call it these days), Du Sable was one of the first non-Indian settler, and one of the first [...]
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, [...]
Chicago Public School and The Wet Monkey Theory »
I first heard about The Wet Monkey theory several years ago while in graduate school. I am not sure if the Wet Money theory is an urban legend or an actual theory. From every indication, it seems to be based on the famous Pavlov's salivating dog experiment. (more...)
Chicago Actor Tanner Faces Prison for Stolen »
Chicago born actor, Antow Tanner, 34 year-old, pleaded guilty yesterday in a Brooklyn court to selling more than a dozen social security numbers for $10,000. According to court documents, he told the judge that he was a middleman in the stolen or dead people social security numbers scheme. (more...)
President Obama Approves $2B For Cash For Clunkers »
Source: WeBuyJunk Today, President Barack Obama signed a bill that added more money into the the Cash for Clunkers program. Late Thursday evening, in a rush to finish business before their August recess. The Senate voted 60-37 to approve an additional $2 billion for the program. The House had already voted to extend the program last Friday. The [...]
Birthday Sex for Chicago Public School? »
The Chicago born rapper, Jeremih Felton, popularly know for his erotic song, “Birthday Sex” has agreed to use “Twitter” to encourage about 70,000 of his Chicago Public Schools (CPS) followers to get back to Sept. 8. (more...)
Illinois’ nonsensical and preposterous candy tax »
In a “by any means necessary” attempt to patch the state's budget shortfall, the State of Illinois has come up with a nonsensical and preposterous tax scheme whereby candy, which was previously classified as food in the food group, will be moved to its own group - candy group. (more...)
Legally smoke 10 grams of marijuana in Chicago and pay »
Cook County Board members passed a proposal that decriminalizes the possession of less than 10 grams of marijuana. If approved, officers will have the discretion to write a ticket of $200 or issue misdemeanor charge. (more...)
Chicago Ain’t That A Bitch »
Ain't That A Bitch is taken from the title song of John Guitar Watson's album. Johnny Guitar Watson's career went back to the early 50's in Houston. He was born February 3, 1935 in Houston, Texas and died May 17, 1996 in Yokohama, Japan. His outstanding musical talents are comparable to those of Jimmy Hendrix, Eric Clapton and B.B. King. He was a [...]
Poetry from the Masters: Black Arts Movement »
Useni Eugene Perkins, the Chicago born and distinguished poet, has done it again. This time his latest and “must have” book is - Poetry from the Masters: Black Arts Movement. Poetry from the Masters: Black Arts Movement is forward by poet and publisher, Haki Madhubuti of Third World Press. It is edited by Useni Eugene Perkins [...]
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 [...]
Obama: Washington Needs Some Chicago Winter Toughness »
Speaking to the fact that most schools in the Washington area were shut down on Wednesday due to a little melting temperatures, rain, sleet and then overnight freezing temperature, President Obama said "My children's school was canceled today because of what, some ice?" Obama added "As my children pointed out, in Chicago, school [...]
Chicago School bans visiting fans from sport events »
The Public League of the Chicago Public School (CPS) announced that it is taking striking and necessary actions by banning fans of visiting teams from attending sports events. This dramatic measure is to curb a rash of violence that has erupted at CPS basketball games. Chicago Public Schools director of sports administration Calvin Davis [...]
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 [...]
Illinois Gov. Blagojevich – rights and »
There were signs and indications in Chicago for the past two weeks that the Illinois Gov. Blagojevich would appoint a senator to fill Obama's vacant senatorial seat despite the impeachment proceedings on its way in Springfield. It was also known that Blagojevich would not appoint anyone he allegedly mentioned on the undercover tape. Therefore, [...]
Blagojevich expected to appoint Obama replacement »
As the Illinois House of Representative moved to impeach Governor Rod Blagojevich on corruption charges before he appoints a replacement to Obama senator's seat, Gov. Rod Blagojevich has planned a press conference today in Chicago and is reportedly planning to make an in-your-face move by naming a replacement despite the impeachment proceedings. [...]
Illinois Governor Blagojevich in Federal Custody »
Illinois' Governor Rod R. Blagojevich was arrested this morning at his Chicago Northside home for conspiring to sell an appointment to president-elect Barack Obama's recently open US senate seat, prosecutors said. Patrick Fitzgerald, U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Illinois said that around 6 a.m. he called Governor Blagojevich's house and [...]
Chicago Transit rape suspect will not face charges »
A suspect in the rape of a woman on a Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Red Line platform at Clyburn has surrendered to police, but he will not face charges. Investigators say the woman was waiting for train on the CTA Platform at 1599 N. Clybourn about 3 a.m. on Nov. 14, 2008 when the suspect approached her from behind, took her cell phone, [...]
Chicago has Balbo why not Hampton Street »
by: Tolbert Yarkpawolo There is absolutely no comparison between the Honorable Chairman Fred Hampton and Italo Balbo. Balbo, was an Italian fascist and an associate of Mussolini and Adolf Hitler. Hampton on the other hand was a murdered African American freedom fighter. Hampton and Balbo names in the same sentence is simply a point to raise the [...]
Black Chicagoan – highest breast cancer »
The Metropolitan Chicago Breast Cancer Task Force recently released its report – highlighting the alarming breast cancer mortality disparity between black and white since 2005. In 1980, black women and white women in Chicago with breast cancer were equally likely to die. New breast cancer mortality data from 2004 and 2005 provided a [...]
Chocolatecity.cc/blog Interviews photographer »
Chocolatecity.cc/blog is grateful that talented photographer, Stephanie Graham, has been kind enough to take some time out of her busy schedule to answer few questions and has been generous in allowing us to publish three images from her folio of work. The images featured Walmart, Tasha, and Malari (in order of appearance). Thank you [...]
Chocolatecity.cc/blog Interviews Aspiring Fashion »
Becoming a real famous designer is definitely a very hard task that requires a lot of patience, conceptual and artistic aspect of fashion, strong will and hard work. This is especially so for young aspiring Black-American or African-American male. It's very hard to get into the fashion industry because it is full of it's share of prejudice in [...]
Cybersquatting, Laches and Monetization of Domains »
By: Charles Mombo For: http://www.chocolatecity.cc/blog Whether you know this or not, domain names have become the new gold mine or online real estate, now put that in your pipe and smoke it. The highest amount ever paid for a domain name was $12 million for the domain Sex.com. Porn.com domain name was sold for an amazing $9.5 million. The [...]
Bronzeville Realtors and Agents »
BRONZEVILLE,Chicago, IL -- Whether you are buying, selling or renting your property in today’s real estate market, it’s important to have confidence in your real estate professional. The Chicago neighborhood of Bronzeville is no exception to this common sense knowledge. A newly launched website [...]
Chicago honors a friend of Mussolini and Hitler »
At the 700th block east of Chicago is a street call Balbo Drive and Avenue. Balbo Drive is named after the Italian aviator and politician, Italo Balbo. Balbo was a Fascist who served under Benito Mussolini and a friend of the Nazis. Annoyingly visible at Balbo Drive is the Balbo's Monument - a gift from Mussolini to the City of Chicago. [...]
Chicago Transit uses GPS technology advertising »
The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) unveiled a new type of advertising on Monday. Using wireless cellular communications, the CTA is placing a 50-inch digital screen on the side of CTA buses that will display ads. This transit ad is a GPS technology that allow advertiser to target a university campus on the bus route. The CTA expects to [...]
Rapper Da Brat gets three years for assault »
Da Brat was assigned a new zip code, Dekalb County Prison, for three years on Friday for assault. The recordings artist was sentenced to three years in Dekalb County prison for hitting a hostess in the head with a rum bottle during an altercation at a suburban Atlanta nightclub last fall. The Chicago native graduated from Kenwood Academy, Hyde [...]
Bernie Mac, an original king of comedy dies at 50 »
Chicago Comedian Bernie Mac (real name: Bernard Jeffery McCullough), 50-year-old, died early Saturday at the Northwestern Hospital in Chicago from complications due to pneumonia, his publicist told the Chicago Tribune. Just couple of days ago, it was reported that Mac was "responding well to treatment," according to publicist [...]
Jeniel Smith – A Star in the Making »
It has long been debated as to who leaves the more lasting impression, the creative artist or the performing artist. I suspect that Jeniel Smith does not concern herself with that debate simply because she is naturally gifted in both arenas. She sings, and performs in dramas and musicals around the city of Chicago. She is currently working on her [...]
Alpha Kappa Alpha celebrates 100-year anniversary »
The oldest Greek letter sorority in America, Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA), is celebrating its 100-year anniversary. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority is America's first Greek-letter organized at Howard University in Washington, D.C., in January 1908 by, and for, African-American college women. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, it is one of the world's [...]
Interview with recording artist Dana Divine »
Despite her very busy schedule as producer, writer, performer and an on-air personality at Chicago's popular urban radio station 107.5 WGCI; the sensational and talented Dana Divine (DD) still found the time to sit and chat with ChocolateCity.cc (CC). ChocolateCity.cc is grateful to Ms. Divine for sharing her experiences with our audience and [...]
Harold Washington – Chicago’s Greatest »
Barack Obama: That's how black people talked about Chicago's mayor, with a familiarity and affection normally reserved for a relative. His picture was everywhere: on the walls of shoe repair shops and beauty parlors; still glued to lampposts from the last campaign; even in the windows of the Korean dry cleaners and Arab [...]
