Speed humps can slow down Black youth unemployment
- Post By: Glenn Reedus
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- Category: Editorials, featured, Government
Study after study and forum and forum confirm what most of us have known for a long time. Black unemployment is a hindrance to the community and only gets lip service from those who could impact it-particularly our municipal and […]
Read MoreQuestions political candidates should answer
- Post By: Glenn Reedus
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- Category: featured, Government, Politics
Too often as voters, we see two important things before and during election cycles. The first is the news media tries to define who the capable or best candidates are. The problem there is they don’t necessarily have the same […]
Read MoreYou say you love Harold so why not follow his lead?
- Post By: Glenn Reedus
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- Category: Editorials, featured, Government, Politics
Few, if any will argue that when he was elected in 1983 Chicago Mayor Harold Washington interrupted the political stronghold the traditional Democratic Party in Illinois had on Chicago, particularly Black Chicago. That fete, nearly 35 years later, is still […]
Read MoreCity budgets aren’t so simple
- Post By: Glenn Reedus
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- Category: Editorials, featured, Government
It was early morning Septemeber 8 and WVON Radio host Matt McGill was handling a succession of obviously perplexed callers after he asked if the City of Chicago should add 500 new police officers. The basis for the question was […]
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