Democrats’ race came down to race in S.C.
During last week's Democratic debate, a CNN reporter asked Sen. Barack Obama if he agreed with the long-standing joke that Bill Clinton was the "first black president." Obama quipped that...
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Asthma crisis is a call for all minorities
Such a high number of young African-Americans living in neighborhoods along the Dan Ryan Expressway have asthma that Chicago is often called the epicenter of the disease. Chicago's health department...
Candidates’ true worth is worth finding
A few months ago while working on a profile of Hillary Clinton, I had dinner at a downtown Chicago hotel with a group of her Maine South High School girlfriends....
After Iowa, hope really not so audacious
After the "skinny kid with the funny name" delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic convention, folk who wouldn't have even considered voting for a Democrat said they could...
Woman’s road to forgiveness takes joyful step
Brunell Donald called me a few weeks ago to tell me that she was getting married on Monday. She said her father was giving her away. Ordinarily that wouldn't seem...
A house of God that feels like home to us
When our daughter was about 3 or 4, I showed her a dandelion in our yard. I told her its name and we blew on the filaments. After careful examination,...
Good writing is fine way to wish good tidings
Few gifts are more rewarding than books. I asked a few of my favorite award-winning and best-selling authors, many with Chicago ties, to make recommendations: For younger readers, attorney and...
Killings shed light on rift
If you want to know more about the tension that still exists between the Woodlawn community and its neighbor to the north, the venerable University of Chicago, you need only...
Clinton: Most famous. Least known?
When Hillary Clinton opened her Washington townhouse for a political fundraiser last fall, the highlight for a select few came after the movers and shakers wrote their checks and left....
On race issues, we should ask better questions
Say you were contacted for a national survey and this was one of the questions: Which of these statements comes closer to your view -- even if neither is exactly...