Shay Much has been said lately of the rates of crime generally and violence in particular (and especially gun deaths) in Chicago. Chicago, the place where I was born and raised and, until the past 14 years, give or take, lived my life. A city I still love. And things got REALLY ugly when a kidnapping …
As 2016 winds down, I find myself reflecting on this past year and realizing that for the collective, it was a no-good, very uncomfortable year. We saw the passing of many of our beloved cultural icons, from David Bowie to Prince and, as of this writing, Carrie Fisher. 2016 has been a year marked by …
Recently, I watched Roland Martin debate on-air with white nationalist muckity-muck Richard Spencer and, as usual, I was struck with the way that so many white people in America are so threatened by any gains that people of color make, so often seeing progress on any non-white front that makes the playing field slightly closer …