Photo caption: Chicago Bears Stadium Rendering at Arlington Park (Courtesy WTTW) By Delmarie Cobb The Arlington Heights Bears. The Naperville Bears. The Waukegan Bears. Oh my, what city will be the next one to try to lure the Chicago Bears to come make it their home? Call me crazy, but I find it hard to believe […]
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Growing up in Gary, Indiana, we saw countless Black fathers in every neighborhood, doing their diligence on a daily basis. Most fathers migrated from states like Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, and other former members of the Confederacy. They came with the hope of escaping Jim Crow for a better life. The single greatest lure was
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A redneck is defined as a working-class white person, especially a politically reactionary one from a rural area. This term is considered to be derogatory and informal and is not a term of endearment. Rednecks are considered to be bigoted, narrow-minded, and prejudiced. The term is not usually used to indicate a Black person, but
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Last week I discussed the two different theologies of the creation story. Those theologies were “creation ex nihilo,” or something from nothing and the theology of “cosmos from chaos,” or order out of disorder. Today in the final installment of this series I want to illustrate some deeper reasons why the European theology of “creatio
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Photo caption: JOHN FOUNTAIN SHAKES hands during commencement with a member of the Class of 2023 at Providence St. Mel. “When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him. Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to
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Before I ever got behind a broadcast microphone in high school, I loved music… especially Black music! Not exclusively, but down to the bone. I loved WMPP Radio, you know, the local dawn-to-dusk station in Gary with folks like Dr. Rock and J.J. the Deejay. Who can forget airwaves goddess Vivian Carter. My big brothers
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For quite some time, the United States has been wrestling with a debt ceiling issue. At press time a deadline approaches, and if Congress doesn’t embrace the fiscal plan jointly proposed by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R) and President Joe Biden by June 5, it could spell disaster for Americans. The crux of the problem
The word Theology comes from the combination of Greek terms, first “Theo,” means God, and “ology” meaning study of. It also contains the suffix “logy,” which means talk, speak, discuss, utterance; therefore, Theology basically is both God talk and the study of God, rituals, dogma and doctrines about God. Theology is a belief system about
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Photo caption: Michael Jackson’s birth house in Gary Indiana (credit: Wikimedia/Victor Grigas) The meteoric rise of the Jackson Five singing group and their unprecedented, and unparalleled, success on a global level immediately placed Gary in a place of distinction worldwide. From 2300 Jackson Street emerged the greatest showman in entertainment history, the incomparable Michael Jackson. How
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Memorial Day 2023 is upon us. It is a federal holiday in the United States that honors and mourns U.S. military personnel who have died while serving in the armed forces; it is observed on the last Monday of May, which means Memorial Day 2023 will occur on Monday, May 29. Many Americans observe Memorial
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