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Café 53 located at 1369 East 53rd Street, Hyde Park has Chicago’s Best Gelato

Café 53 located at 1369 East 53rd Street, Hyde Park has Chicago’s Best Gelato

Article sponsored by: Chicago-based Search Engine Optimization (SEO), E-Commerce and Social Media Marketing Consultant Firm Café 53 located at 1369 East 53rd Street, Hyde Park has Chicago’s best gelato. Café 53 located at 1369 East 53rd Street in Hyde Park has [Read More]

Chicago Community Trust offers grants to bloggers in Bronzeville or Austin

Chicago Community Trust  offers grants to bloggers in Bronzeville or Austin

Community Media Workshop and the Chicago Reporter will be reaching out to neighborhood bloggers and community groups on the South and West Sides to take up local reporting projects this year, backed by grants from a new Chicago Community Trust initiative. The Local [Read More]

Sarah is begging for attention, should Michelle Oblige?

Sarah is begging for attention, should Michelle Oblige?

By: Charles S. Mombo Twitter: @charlessmombo The title of my article is so vague and nebulous that I feel the need to explain who Sarah and Michelle are. Michelle Robinson Obama, 46 year-old, is the wife of the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, and the [Read More]

George Davis a paradigm shift and an Alderman for the 20th Ward

George Davis a paradigm shift and an Alderman for the 20th Ward

By Keela Thompson Based on my experience working with community organizations I can tell you first hand that the time for new leadership is now. The 20th Ward needs progressive leadership that can set a vision and form alliances to accomplish goals quickly. As a corporate [Read More]

Chicago Urban Prep Story Defies Conceptual Entrapment

Chicago Urban Prep Story Defies Conceptual Entrapment

By Charles S. Mombo Chicago Urban Prep Story Defies Conceptual Entrapment the entire senior class is college bound.In his book, Black Demons: Mass Media's Depiction of the African American Male Criminal Stereotype, Dennis Rome, a sociologist and associate professor in [Read More]

Otis McDonald Sues Chicago Over Handgun Ban

Otis McDonald Sues Chicago Over Handgun Ban

Otis McDonald,76 year-old Chicago's Morgan Park residenceThe 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 [Read More]

Chicago School bans visiting fans from sport events

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. [Read More]

Bernie Mac, an original king of comedy dies at 50

Bernie Mac, an original king of comedy dies at 50

Bernie MacChicago 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 [Read More]

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30-years correspondence between Peyton Skipwith, a former slave to Liberia and his master, John Hartwell Cocke

30-years correspondence between Peyton Skipwith, a former slave to Liberia and his master, John Hartwell Cocke

By: Charles S. Mombo John Hartwell Cocke, a slave master, corresponded with Peyton Skipwith, a slave to in Liberia for [Read More]

President Obama’s Impressive “Accommodation”- Catholic Church Contraceptive Fiasco

President Obama’s Impressive “Accommodation”- Catholic Church Contraceptive Fiasco

By: Charles S. Mombo @burnedbrass   President Obama’s brilliant political move, which he called an [Read More]

Chicago’s City Clerk Mendoza Scrapped Herbert Pulgar Design – Was it wrongly misinterpreted as gang symbols?

Chicago’s City Clerk Mendoza Scrapped Herbert Pulgar Design – Was it wrongly misinterpreted as gang symbols?

By:  Charles S. Mombo Chicago’s City Clerk Mendoza Scrapped Herbert Pulgar Design – Was it wrongly [Read More]

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