by La Risa Lynch “We have not won this election,” Carol Moseley Braun told a crowd of supporters gathered at the Parkway Ballroom Tuesday night. “It’s a painful thing to lose an election,” she added….
Groups host FAFSA completion workshops by La Risa Lynch Brandon Williams knew he wanted to go to college, but worried about paying for it. “It was just me and my grandmother,” said the 2010 Julian…
Coalition that selected him as consensus candidate not consulted by La Risa Lynch Carol Moseley Braun is now the only major Black candidate in the city’s race for mayor after Congressman Danny Davis and state…
Other Blacks still plan to run as Cong. Davis is chosen as consensus candidate by La Risa Lynch And then there was one. A coalition of Black political, community and religious leaders picked Cong. Danny…
by La Risa Lynch Mayoral hopeful state Senator Rickey R. Hendon (D-5) is putting words into action on a campaign promise to reopen Meig’s Field. He has filed a resolution with the Illinois General Assembly…
by La Risa Lynch As kids head back to school, community and political leaders searched for ways to stop the violence that claimed 27 Chicago Public Schools students last school year. They sought input from…
Skills helpful in Maj. Mark Hopkins’ first combat deployment By La Risa Lynch Last October, Mark Hopkins sat behind a desk at his Hyde Park business providing legal service for identity theft victims. By month’s…
by La Risa Lynch The proposed merger between Comcast and NBC-Universal will create the nation’s biggest media entity putting hundreds of cable channels, local broadcast stations and internet service under the control of one company….
by La Risa Lynch When Gloria Johnson is having a Sickle Cell crisis the last place she wants to be is in an emergency room. “These doctors don’t know what they are doing,” Johnson, 55,…
by La Risa Lynch Bringing in the National Guard to curb violence plaguing city neighborhoods dominated a Seventh Ward public safety meeting last week where Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis insisted that police are better…