Jonylah Watkins: A Stolen Video Game Was More Important Than This Baby’s Life
• May 28, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in Black People, Class, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Drug Culture/Industry, Gang Violence, Gun Violence, Murder/Manslaughter, Uncategorized
Tags: African Americans, Blacks, Burglary, Chicago, Chicago IL, Chicago Tribune, Children, Constables on Patrol, Gang, Gang-Related, Illinois Department of Corrections, Infant, Jonathan Watkins, Jonylah, Jonylah Watkins, March 2013, Murder, United States, Watkins, Willis
Jonylah’s Funeral, March 19, 2013—Excerpts from Videos and Photos
• March 20, 2013 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Drug Culture/Industry, Gang Violence, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Music, Preachers/Ministers, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, Burial, Chicago, Chicago IL, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Children, Drama, Funeral, Grandmother, Jonathan Watkins, Jonylah, Jonylah Watkins, Judy Watkins, Lupe Fiasco, Mary Young, Motherhood, Murder, Reverend Corey Brooks, Tuesday, Twitter, United States
“No Snitching” Is Not Giving Murdered Children Like Jonylah Watkins Any Justice
• March 17, 2013 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, American History, Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Drug Culture/Industry, Education, Facebook, Gang Violence, Health, Love, Murder/Manslaughter, Pregnancy/Pre-Natal Issues, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Breaking Bad", Arianna Gibson, Barack Obama, Chicago, Chicago IL, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Cook County, Crime, Criminal Record, DNAInfo, Facebook, G.E.D., Gang-Related, Gangs, Gangster Disciples, Gangsters, Hadiya Pendleton, Heaven Sutton, Jonathan Watkins, Jonylah, Jonylah Watkins, Judy Watkins, Judy Young Watkins, Ku Klux Klan, Leak and Sons, Murder, New Beginnings Church, New School, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Obama, Old School, Pennsylvania Avenue, Rev. Corey Brooks, Reverend Corey Brooks, Shootings, Siretha White, Suburbia, Tsarina Powell, Willie Cochran, Woodlawn
Chicago TV News Station, WBBM, Distorts What a Four-Year-Old Black Child Said About Guns
• August 1, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Gang Violence, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Race, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, Cable News, CBS, Chicago, Chicago IL, Children, Constables on Patrol, Dori J. Maynard, Journalism and Ethics, Journalists of Color, Mainstream Media, Murder, Racism, Robert Maynard, Society of Professional Journalists, South Side Chicago, Steve Bartelstein, The Maynard Institute, The News Media, The Oakland Tribune, TV News Stations, UNICEF, United States, WBBM-TV
Derrion Albert Case Concludes in Chicago with Four Defendants Tried and Convicted as Adults, One as Juvenile, But No One Really Wins
• June 3, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, American History, Anjanette Albert, Black People, Bullying/Juvenile Crimes, Class, Crime, Education, Gang Violence, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Obama Administration, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African American, African Americans, Altgeld Gardens, Anjanette Alibert, Anthony Dawson, Arne Duncan, Black Women, Blacks, Cartoons, Chicago, Chicago IL, Christian Fenger Academy High School, Common Sense, Convicted Felon, Convicted Murderer, Cook County, Derrion Albert, End of Story, Eric Carson, Eric Holder, Eugene Riley, Faux Noise, Fox News, Growing Up, Growing Up The Hard Way, Honor Student, Honor Students, Human Being, Justice, Kool Moe Dee, Lapoleon Colbert, Motherhood, Murder, Murder of Derrion Albert, Murderers, Plea, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Silvonus Shannon, The Roadrunner, The Ville, United States, Wild Wild West, Wile E. Coyote
Black Chicagoan Edward Clemons Survived Japan Quake and Tsunami After Days Without Food or Water; Finally Able to Talk With Anxious Mom Back Home
• March 19, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, Black Expatriates, Black People, Class, Japan, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Travel, World History
Tags: Anderson Cooper, Chicago IL, Chicagoan, CNN, Cynthia Young, Earthquake, Edward Clemons, English, Epicenter, Japan, JET Programme, Junior High, Middle School, Mother, Nancy Grace, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Reporter, Sendai, Son, Students, Teaching English, Teaching English as a Foreign Language, The JET Program, The Sendai Earthquake and Tsunami, Tohoku Earthquake, Tsunami, United States
Fantasia Barrino To Play Mahalia Jackson?
• February 9, 2011 • 2 CommentsPosted in African American History, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Diabetes, Health, Mahalia Jackson, Music, New Orleans Music, Protestant Denominations, Race, Spirituality, The Heart, Weight Gain/Lack/Loss
Tags: "A Dry White Season", "American Idol", Chicago IL, Civil Rights Activist, Color Purple, Euzhan Palcy, Fantasia Barrino, Fish and Bread Singer, Gospel Music, Life Is Not a Fairy Tale, Louisiana, Mahalia Jackson, Martin Luther King Jr., New Orleans, The Hollywood Reporter
The Ancestors Claim Singer/Actress/Songwriter Abbey Lincoln, 80
• August 15, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in Abbey Lincoln, Acting, African American History, American History, Arts, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Drama, Film, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Public Intellectualism, Race, Sexuality, Womanism
Tags: "Mo Better Blues", "Nothing But a Man, "The Freedom Suite", Abbey Lincoln, Acting, Activism, Actress, Africa, African Americans, Anna Marie Wooldridge, Billie Holiday, Black Nationalist, Black Women, Blacks, Braided Hair, Chicago IL, Corn Rows, Divorce, Drama, Glamour, Ivan Dixon, Jazz, Jazz Singer, Kinky Hair, Love, Marriage, Max Roach, Michael Jackson, Natural Hair, Racism, Sidney Poitier, Songwriter, Spike Lee, The 2000s, The Eighties, The Nineties, The Sixties, Thelonious Monk, Vitiligo
“The Radiant Child” Basquiat Documentary to Open in 25 Cities, Including…Milwaukee
• July 20, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Black People, Race, Celebrities/Royals, Love, Sexuality, Film, Class, Art, Wisconsin, People of Color, Haiti, Spirituality, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Documentary, Haitians/Francophone Caribbean, African American History, Cultural History
Tags: African Americans, Blacks, The Eighties, Chicago IL, Documentary, Haiti, Milwaukee WI, Biracial, Packaging, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Haitian American, Marketing, Basquiat, "Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child", "The Radiant Child", Black Harvest Film Festival, Gene Siskel Film Center, August, October, Artist, Famous, Fame, Documentaries
Speaking of Psychos: Cops May Have Found Body of Drew Peterson’s Missing Fourth Wife (w/Update)
• June 5, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in Class, Crime, Cultural History, Domestic Violence, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "The Chicago Sun-Times", "The Galesburg Regiser-Mail", Aruba, Chicago IL, Constables on Patrol, Disappearance, DNA, Domestic Violence, Drew Peterson, Illinois, Joran van der Sloot, Jubilee State Park, Love, Marriage, Mitrice Richardson, Murder, Natalie Holloway, Peoria, Peoria IL, Peru, Private Hunting Grounds, Sex, Stacy Peterson, TMZ.com, Trial Delay, True Crime, Twitter, Unsolved Mystery, Wife, Will County, Wives
Boycott CVS Pharmacy: They Choke Shoplifters to Death
• May 12, 2010 • 9 CommentsPosted in Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Drug Culture/Industry, Hate Crimes, Murder/Manslaughter, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "The Chicago Sun-Times", "The Chicago Tribune", Accidental Death, Ann Marie Balboa, Anthony Kyser, Boycott CVS, Chicago IL, Chicago Police Departrment, Choked to Death, Cook County, CVS, CVS Pharmacy, Death by Misadventure, Drug Addict, Drugs, Mary Mitchell, Stepfather, Strangulation, The Cook County Sheriff's Department
Nuts and Bolts from the Blue: Madison Resident Who Murdered His Family in Chicago Said He Was a Prophet
• April 17, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in Black People, Class, Crime, Domestic Violence, Drug Culture/Industry, Health, Joblessness, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Religion, Sexuality, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Arabic, Blacks, Catholics, Chicago IL, Domestic Abuse, Domestic Violence, Drama, Drugs, Family, Frederick Burton, Islam, James Larry, Jihad J. Larry, Keleasha Larry, Keyshai Fields, Killings, Leona Larry Burton, Letisha Larry, Madison WI, Mental Health, Murders, Psychiatric Issues, Shirina Thompson, Shootings, Twanda Thompson, Tyrone Adair, Unborn Babies, Westside
Shani Davis Wins Olympic Gold for 1,000 Meter Ice Sprint
• February 18, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Black People, Canada, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Sports, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, The Winter Olympics 2010
Tags: "The Incredibles", African American, African Americans, Blacks, Champion, Chicago IL, Chicagoan, DC Inner City Excitement, Frozone, Ice, Lightness, Northern Michigan University, Pettit National Ice Center, Shani, Shani Davis, Skating, Snow, Speed Skating, The Olympic Gold Medal, The Olympics, Washington D.C., Weightlessness, West Allis WI, Winter Sports, Wisconsin
Bummer! Maria Pinto, One of the First Lady’s Favorite Designers, Closes Her Doors
• February 15, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Barack and Michelle Obama, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Fashion, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Crain's", "The Chicago Sun-Times", African Americans, Barney's, Blacks, Chicago IL, Couturier, Fashion Designer, Jackson Street, Latinos, Maria Pinto, Michelle Obama, Mrs. O, Mrs. Obama, Sak's Fifth Avenue, The Economy, The First Lady, The Great Recession
“Suddenly” Dane County Has a Heroin Problem? Five Overdose Deaths Reported in January
• February 11, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in Class, Columbia, Crime, Drug Culture/Industry, Drug Overdoses, Health, Laos, Nigeria, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: "The Isthmus", Chicago IL, Columbia, Dane County, Dealers, Dominican Republic, Drug Overdose, Drug Overdoses, Heroin, High School, Hillbilly Heroin, Interdiction, Junior High, Madison, Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, Milton WI, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee WI, Mount Horeb, Nigeria, Oxycontin, Prevention, Rehabiliation, Rock County, Sgt. Gordy Disch, Smack, Students, The Dane County Narcotics and Gang Task Force, Youth
New Book, “The Assassination of Fred Hampton” Discussed on Democracy Now!, December 4, 2009
• January 3, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Black People, Race, Journalism and Ethics, Books, History, Education, American Politics, Class, Hate Crimes, People of Color, Chicanos/Latinos, Murder/Manslaughter, Documentaries, Public Television, Native Americans/First Nations, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans
Tags: Malcolm X, Oakland CA, Black Nationalism, YouTube, NAACP, Chicago IL, FBI, Stevie Wonder, Chicago Police Department, Black Youth, Latino Youth, Police Brutality, The Black Panthers, Jr., Youth, Edward Hanrahan, Fred Hampton, Maywood IL, The Black Panther Party for Self Defense, The Young Lords, Empowerment, Mark Clark, Activism, Jeffrey Haas, The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther, C-Span, "Book TV", "Democracy Now!", Amy Goodman, William O'Neal, Deborah Johnson, "Talking Book", "Big Brother", Attica, Young Gifted and Black, Coalition Politics, Fred Hampton Jr., Media PA, "Eyes on the Prize", The Red Guard
Carl Ballantine, Magician and “Gruber,” Dies at 92
• November 4, 2009 • Comments OffPosted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, Film, Television
Tags: "McHale's Navy", "The California Raisins", "The Cosby Show", Captain Binghamton, Carl Ballantine, Chicago IL, Claymation', Comedy, Commander McHale, Jams Yoda, Lester Gruber, Magic, Meyer Kessler, The Great Ballantine, Vaudeville, Yoshio Yoda
President Obama’s Coming to Madison; The Excitement Builds
• November 4, 2009 • Comments OffPosted in American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Books, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Education, History, Obama Administration, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Stimulus Bill
Tags: African Americans, Andreal Davis, Ari Davis, Arlington Davis, Arne Duncan, Barack Obama, Blacks, Chicago IL, Commander-in-Chief, Derrion Albert, Equal Opportunity Commission, Fenger High School, Fish Hatchery Road, Fraud, Harry Truman, Isthmus, Jacqueline Wright, James C. Wright Middle School, Madison WI, Mohter Wright, Nice Suit, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Presidential Visit, Secretary of Education, The Pledge of Allegiance, The Reverend James C. Wright, The Secret Service, The Stimulus
UPDATE: Only in Mad City: Why There Are So Few Black Bars and Entertainment in Town?
• October 21, 2009 • 3 CommentsPosted in Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Drug Culture/Industry, Gang Violence, Gentrification, History, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin
Tags: African American, Antisocial Behavior, Beld Street, Black Bars, Black Businesses, Black People, Blacks, California, Chicago IL, Clientele, Crime, DJs, Drug Dealing, Drugs, Fillmore Street, Gang Violence, Gangbangers, Guns, Hallowe'en Night, Kenosha, Kevin McGettigan, Madison, Madison WI, Madison Wisconsin, Maple Bluff, Maria Brown, Milwaukee, Native American, New Orleans, NIMBY, North Sherman Avenue, Not in My Back Yard, Park Street, Poverty, Priorities, R Place on Park, Racine, Sacramento, San Francisco, Schools, State Street, Stockton, The Capitol Times, The Madison Police Department, The Western Addition, Third Street, Tracy, WI, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Governor's Mansion, Wisconsin State Journal
Five Florida Youths Charged with Dousing Teen with Alcohol and Setting Him Ablaze Because He Turned Them in for Attempting to Steal His Father’s Bicycle (w/Update)
• October 13, 2009 • 7 CommentsPosted in Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "The Los Angeles Times", "The South Florida Sun-Sentinel", Broward Sheriff's Office, Burns, CBS, Chicago IL, Deerfield Beach, Denver Colorado Jarvis, Derrion Albert, Florida, Induced Coma, Jeremy Jarvis, Jesus Mendez, Latinos, Low-Rider Bicycle, Malissa Durkee, Matthew Bent, Michael Brewer, Reprisal, Second Degree Murder, Set on Fire, Seventh Grade, Skin Grafts, Steven Shelton, Teen Violence, The No Snitching Rule, Torching, Valerie Brewer, Whites, Youth Violence
Preach, Rachel: One Woman Congratulates Obama
• October 10, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in Afghanistan, American Foreign Policy, American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, History, Obama Administration, Race, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: "The Rachel Maddow Show", Afghanistan, African Americans, America, Barack Obama, Bush Era, Chicago IL, Darth Cheney, General Stanley McChrystal, Glenn Beck, Hate, Haterade, Hateration, Jack & Jill Politics, Junior Bush, Nobel Laureate, President Barack Obama, Professor Simon Johnson, Rachel Maddow, Rep. Marcy Kaptur, Republicans, Rinku Sen, Russ Limbaugh, Terrorism, Terrorist Attack, The Nobel Peace Prize, The Olympics, The United States
Anjanette Albert Speaks
• October 4, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in Anjanette Albert, Black People, Class, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Education, Gang Violence, History, Memoir, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Race, Television, Who I Am, Women
Tags: Anjanette Albert, Beating Death, Beatings, Chicago, Chicago IL, Computer, Death, Derrion Albert, Eunice Kathleen Waymon, Gang Violence, Gangs, Louis Armstrong, Mary Kate Waymon, Memoir, Methodist, Mrs. Jackson, Murder, Nina Simone, Piano, Piano Lessons, Roseland, Study, Who I Am
Saturday Night Music, October 3, 2009: Soul Train Dance Line Gigging to Earth, Wind and Fire’s “Mighty, Mighty,” 1975
• October 4, 2009 • 2 CommentsPosted in Black People, Class, Earth Wind and Fire, Fashion, History, Music, Music Videos, People of Color, Race, Television
Tags: "Mighty Mighty", "Open Our Eyes", "Soul Train", "Soul Train" Dance Line, "Soul Train" Dancers, African American, Al McKay, American Bandstand, Charles Stepney, Chess Records, Chicago, Chicago IL, Colorado, Competition, Derrion Albert, Don Cornelius, Earth Wind and Fire, Fred White, Maurice White, MC Hammer, Philip Bailey, Ramsey Lewis, Supergroup, The Eighties, The Seventies, Verdine White, Way of The World
I’m Not Weeping or Celebrating That Chicago Has Lost Its Olympic Bid
• October 2, 2009 • 2 CommentsPosted in American Politics, Brazil, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Education, Gang Violence, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Race, The Rest of the World
Tags: "The Chicago Sun-Times", Adults, Chicago, Chicago Board of Education, Chicago IL, Derrion Albert, Gang Violence, Gangs, Parents, Rio de Janeiro BRAZIL, Roger Ebert, Second Chance Academies, Teachers, Teenagers, Teens, The 2016 Olympics
Please Help Derrion Albert’s Family Cover His Burial Expenses
• September 30, 2009 • Comments OffPosted in Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Education, Gang Violence, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Obama Administration, Race, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: 2016 Summer Olympics, Anjanette Albert, Bow Wow, Burial, Chicago, Chicago IL, Christian Fenger High School, Denmark, Derrion Albert, FBI, Funeral, Funeral Expenses, Gangs, Global Grind, Hip Hop, Hip Hop Generation, Joseph Walker, Michael Skolnik, Nas, No Snitching, Norman Golliday, Police Supt. Jody Weis, Reward, The No Snitching Rule, The Secret Service, U.S. Olympic Committee, U.S. Secret Service
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