When Chicago Bears teammates Gail Sayers and Brian Piccolo became roommates in 1967, the first time NFL players of various colors shared the convenience of being on the road, it hardly seemed like a good fit. Cyrus, at the time, was already an established star, a soft-spoken black man who …
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Cook County State Attorney Kim Foxx is back from political activity after her husband was diagnosed with prostate cancer, her bureau confirmed Monday. Foxx’s husband Kelley Foxx is expected to have surgery this week, as first reported by Politico. The state’s attorney’s office confirmed that Kim Foxx will be returning …
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Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown says video of clashes between officers and protesters over the weekend shows a “concerted effort” by Protestants to provoke a violent reaction by the police Due to DON BABWIN Associated Press 17 August 2020, 18:59 hours 4 min reading Share on FacebookShare on TwitterEmail this …
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Only a handful of contact tracers working to carry COVID-19 in 125 communities near Chicago speak Spanish, despite significant Spanish populations. Churches and advocacy groups in the Houston area are trying to persuade immigrants to cooperate when health officials call. And in California, immigrants are being trained as contact persons …
Read More »Lovecraft Country (2020)Photo: Elizabeth Morris / HBO welcome to Lovecraft Country… or um, you know … welcome to America for Black people. Based on the Matt Ruff novel of the same name, Lovecraft Country follows Atticus “Tic” Freeman (Jonathan Majors) who takes a road trip from Chicago through the 1950s …
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