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Dec 6, 20203 min read

Comcast, CHA and Jackie Joyner-Kersee Gives Back

Imagine not having access to internet service when everything is contingent upon everything that allows us access to everyday essentials....

Dec 6, 20204 min read

A Mother’s Cry: Nykea Aldridge Family Speaks Out

Located in the Grand Crossing neighborhood, on King Drive South of 63rd St. is the Parkway Garden apartment complex. Many Parkway Garden...

Dec 6, 20203 min read

Words of Wisdom: The Women of Bad Boy Entertainment

It takes a strong man to recognize the assets of skills that a woman brings to the table for their business. For decades, the music...

Dec 6, 20203 min read

Kelly Price: A New Chapter of Renewal

We had a chance to catch up with Grammy-nominated artist, Kelly Price who has built a stellar career for over two decades with several...

Dec 6, 20204 min read

Songwriter and Producer Rico Love Shares Jewels of Wisdom in Chicago With Aspiring Artists

During a recent stop in Chicago, songwriter/singer Rico Love was the featured guest on the Music Choice Sound Check Sessions tour and...

Dec 6, 20209 min read

Phillip Coleman's Father Speaks Out: Release the Full Video

On the night of December 12, 2012, Percy Coleman and his family would never look at life the same. In the last week, the latest Chicago...

Dec 6, 20208 min read

Chicago Teen Homelessness: Finding a Better Way

Many of us are one or two paychecks away from becoming homeless. This has become the average norm for middle class Americans who fought...

Dec 6, 20206 min read

Passing the Torch: Million Man March Recap

Along with most of the stories and recaps of the 20th Anniversary of the Million Man March in Washington, D.C. featuring positive images...

Dec 6, 20205 min read

Hosea Sanders: Giving Everyone A Voice

For the past 22 years, the voice and the face that many Chicagoans were greeted by when they started their day was the deep and welcoming...

Dec 6, 20209 min read

The Legacy of Zora Neale Hurston Lives

Traveling along the beautiful highways of Florida can be tranquil and serene, with the low hanging palm trees. It’s a beautiful sight to...

Dec 6, 20204 min read

Q&A With Nzingha Stewart: Changing the Face of Filmmaking

NAACP award-winning director Nzingha Stewart recently debuted her second made-for-television movie, Love By the Tenth Date, on the...

Dec 6, 20206 min read

The New Edition Story: Bobby Brown Reveals ‘No Regrets’

Who didn’t love the baby faces of New Edition growing up in the 1980s? It was a golden era of R&B music, bringing another wave of young...

Dec 5, 20205 min read

Blair Underwood Narrates New Documentary: Olympic Pride, American Prejudice

In a time where our freedom of speech and civil liberties are challenged by the constraints of government control and social...

Dec 5, 20204 min read

Birth of a Nation: Nate Parker Speaks Candidly

All the ‘chickens have come to home to roost’ as the use of technology has reflected back to the world the ugliness of our American...

Dec 5, 20209 min read

Black Love: Chicago Couples Share the Formula of a Strong Relationship

In a time where it’s so easy to relent our feelings and emotions through various social media and digital platforms—we tend to succumb to...

Dec 5, 20205 min read

A Conversation with Filmmaker Bill Duke

Bill Duke is one of America's most prolific actors and directors as he continues to capture the topics that challenge people to think...

Dec 5, 20204 min read

Lupita Nyongo Captures "Queen of Katwe"

Across the deep, Atlantic waters into the beautiful continent of Africa lies the country of Uganda. In the beautiful region of the...

Dec 5, 20206 min read

Kindred The Family Soul: Soul Music’s Premiere Couple

In these times when major record companies are constantly trying to reinvent the platform appealing to a new millennium demographic,...

Dec 5, 20203 min read

David Banner: Sounds Off On Music,Politics and Race

The music of the South is wrapped in a long history of our country’s roots and has transcended into other forms of American...