“Lead by example” is a clichéd phrase that gets tossed around in fields far and wide. Chicago Bulls fans may recall last week when team vice president John Paxson called out star guard Jimmy Butler...
Five women who helped win the World Cup for the United States in 2015 filed a complaint against the U.S. Soccer Federation (USSF) April 1 with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for gender...
On April 1, the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) held a district-wide strike in an attempt to bring greater attention to the desperate need for funding in both Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and city colleges....
Officer Eddie Johnson has recently been assigned the daunting task of polishing off the tarnished reputation that the Chicago Police Department (CPD) accrued by its own doing, beating out three other...
When Sen. Bernie Sanders announced his campaign for the presidency last April he was immediately dismissed by the mainstream media as a total long shot. In a Washington Post profile on the senator, he...
“Well Done, Teddy @tedcruz for tapping this fine ass,” is just one of the eerie Tweets I'd come to discover when I found myself in the middle of a presidential election sex scandal.
Imagine waking...
Say what you will about Donald Trump, but the Republican presidential candidate is a mastermind in media manipulation. His campaign has received unprecedented levels of news coverage while devoting...
“Where are you from? No, but where are you really from?”
People of color often find themselves answering this question. The pigment in their skin or the accent on their tongue can be a quick signifier...
There is a vaccine that can prevent cancer.
This preventative measure against a life-threatening disease is widely available in the U.S., yet only half of adolescents are vaccinated against the Human...
Higher education is at a crossroads. Its institutions are being squeezed by competitive pressure and poked by stringent governmental and legal oversight. Most schools are headed down the road paved...
After a lengthy court case and her career being stalled for two years, Kesha’s future is still up in the air. The pop singer, whose full name is Kesha Sebert, is known for her glittery style and...
The 21st century saw nine months of peace before international politics and the balance between liberty and safety were drastically and perhaps forever altered.
Following the terrorist attacks on...