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Vintage Chicago Tribune: From Black Panther to congressman, Bobby Rush changed with the times
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoConsidering his political zigzagging, assigning longtime congressman Bobby Rush his final grade is no mean trick. A self-proclaimed revolutionary, he worked as a financial planner and insurance ...
Bobby Rush’s retirement is a chance to return to ‘first love’: social justice
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFor nearly three decades, Rep. Bobby Rush (D) has represented the people of Illinois’ first...
Congressman Bobby Rush on retirement after 30 years: ‘I have been blessed’
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFew politicians can leave office and return to civilian life with the kind of beloved status and...
Race dominates final days of the mayoral election in deeply segregated Chicago
NBC Universal via AOL· 1 year agoCHICAGO — They wore black T-shirts bearing his image, carried “Women for Brandon Johnson” signs and...
Young Black activists are done waiting their turn for political office. They're taking on the 'John...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 years agoActivists in the Black Lives Matter generation say it's time for elder lawmakers to pass the torch....
Chicago mayoral race underscores city’s racial divisions
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 year agoChicago’s closely watched mayoral race is shining a spotlight on the racial divisions that have long...
SZA And Victoria Monét Lead 2024 Grammy Noms, With Coco Jones, Ice Spice And More Picking Up...
Blavity via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThis year’s Grammy nominations prove that women continue to dominate the music industry. R&B...
theGrio’s Washington D.C. Gala was a ‘front-row seat to history’
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOne of theGrio’s youngest writers unpacks what it’s like to be given a seat at the table for one of...
Color Us Connected: Reflections on power − having it and giving it up
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis column appears every other week in Foster’s Daily Democrat and the Tuskegee News. Given that this is mostly what the world is focused on right now, Guy Trammell, an African American man ...
Editorial: For the US House: In 1st District, the Tribune endorses Karin Norington-Reaves
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoVoters have every reason to be charged up about the races for Illinois congressional seats in the...