What Our Ancestors Ate for the Holidays

November 18, 2011

Today's Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners are just a taste of how African Americans used to eat.

In Praise of Pork

Myths abound among blacks about the swine's connection to slavery. Let's set the record straight.

Muammar Qaddafi's Chicago Connection

How the feds used the Libyan dictator to bring down the infamous El Rukns gang from the city's South Side.

Fighting the Food Justice Fight, One Veggie at a Time

America's inner cities are virtual food deserts, with nary a grocery store to be found. How one Chicago coalition is trying to change all that.

Who Was Leanita McClain?

Depressed and angry about the intense racial animosity following the election of the city's first black mayor, the Chicago Tribune columnist killed herself. She could not have imagined Obama's America. And we can't afford to forget hers.   READ MORE VIEWS

Living Down to Expectations

The swift rise and predicted fall of America's hip-hop mayor.

Mixed Income, Mixed Results

Are high incomes and high hopes enough to revitalize my neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago?