Commentary

Prayers for the devastated people in the Middle East.  Prayers for the families who have had loved ones murdered before their very eyes.  Prayers for the families who have loved ones held as hostages. We pray for their safety and release.  Prayers...

In most parts of America, you have to have a car. There are some locations in our country where you can make it with buses and trains but that is a small section of America. If you live on the East coast between NYC and Washington, D.C. then you might be able to survive without a car. If you live in Tomahawk, Kentucky you must have a car.

The Plainfield Village Board on Monday discussed the possibility of having adult-use cannabis facilities by reviewing a draft zoning amendment that would require cannabis dispensaries to obtain a special use permit allowed to operate only in business districts.

During a recent Monday night football game on the fourth play of the game, Rodger’s Achilles heel tendon was torn during the play. The injury requires surgery and the rest of the season to rehabilitate. The spirit of the electrified crowd spiraled south as Rodgers was transported off the field. 

As the oldest niece of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., I often feel the twin emotions of wanting to protect my uncle’s legacy while fully understanding that he and his memory belong to the ages, while still having an impact today. Martin Luther King, Jr. will always be my Uncle M. L., my Daddy A.D.’s big brother.

On July 18th, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that the state must end money bond and implement the Pretrial Fairness Act next month. This decision comes seven months after the court took up the case and more than two...

The bomb threats received by Illinois libraries during the past several days represent a troublesome and disturbing trend that has escalated from banning books to harassing and criminalizing librarians and now to endangering the lives of innocent people.

Maui is now the site of the deadliest fire in modern U.S. history. At this writing, over 90 persons are being reported dead. The lovely town of Lahaina is nothing but charred remains and embers. 

Many of us may already be aware that when it comes to heart disease in the U.S., Black, African American, and Afro-Caribbean communities are disproportionately affected compared to other racial and ethnic groups.* But did you know about three to four percent of African Americans carry a mutation in the TTR gene (V122I) that makes it more likely that they may develop ATTR-CM, however not all carriers develop the disease.

"Racism has no place in our society. We cannot hope to ever right past wrongs by committing new wrongs. Colleges that denied black applicants simply on the basis of the color of their skin committed a grave evil. The way to stop racism is to stop enacting racist policies and that is exactly what the Supreme Court has done with their ruling.