Fears of gentrification and redevelopment
Author Archives: Gregg Reese
Posted inNews, obituary
NEA jazz master Cassandra Wilson dies at 70
Cassandra Wilson, the contralto who seamlessly blurred the boundaries of jazz, folk, pop, gospel, R&B, country, and other eclectic genres, passed away last Tuesday morning, Sept. 1. Wilson passed […]
Posted inNational
Activists mobilize: Officer-involved infant’s shooting
Racialized killings in the South
Posted inLocal, News
Ebonics déjà vu
Recently, an educational debate from the late 20th century has reemerged, ironically in the same locale from which it originated. Ebonics, a hybrid of Black English and standard English, has […]
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State of the Union for Black Americans
2026 is proving to be a year of questionable opportunity and scattered bright spots artistically and culturally. For American citizens of color, it continues a trend of polarization that has […]
Posted inAcross Black America, obituary
George E. Johnson Sr., passes away at 99 years old
George Ellis Johnson Sr., a production chemist who turned an investment of several hundred dollars into a multi-million dollar hair product empire, died in his downtown Chicago, Ill., home at […]
Posted inAcross Black America, obituary
Pioneering Black politician, Billy G. Mills, passes at 96
Trailblazing attorney and politician Billy Gene Mills died at his Leimert Park home in Los Angeles on June 27, according to his son James Edward Mills. The retired judge had […]
Posted inSports
Lebron James exits the Lakers after eight seasons
It’s official, superstar forward LeBron James is ending his tenure with the Los Angeles Lakers and will become an unrestricted free agent. James, one of the all-time great basketball players […]
Posted inCovers
Fruits of their labor: Reparations through music
The sounds and traditions brought over by African slaves from the Motherland have shaped the bedrock of every musical genre in the American canon. Even so, the originators and practitioners […]
Posted inCovers
The Road Ahead?
The present “age of technology” is interchangeable with the “Information Age,” beginning in 1950. As the beginning of any historical era is nebulous at best, it arguably started three years […]
