villagechief, Author at Dogon Village

Celebrating Art and Living the Life at Guichard Gallery

August 17, 2011 villagechief 0

By MG Media – Guichard Gallery has been the talk of Chicago as one of the premiere distributors for fine art and culture. The art house is celebrating six years in its present location on 35th & King Drive, and the good times have only just begun. The partnership between prominent attorney’s, Steven Mitchell and […]

Commentary

Pass the Urban Jobs Act Now

August 17, 2011 villagechief 0

By Marc H. Morial (To Be Equal #33) – Despite all the attention paid in recent months to spending cuts, there are some Members of Congress who agree with the National Urban League that the nation’s number one priority must be job creation and putting America back to work. Months ago, New York Senator Kirsten […]

Commentary

Downgraded Yet Lifted Up!

August 15, 2011 villagechief 0

By Dr. Barbara Williams-Skinner – Can you believe it? America, the richest and most powerful nation on the face of the earth, was downgraded in its credit rating for the first time in its 235 years as a nation. What does it mean to be downgraded? It means a lack of confidence that America will […]

Carl DeWayne West

STOP the HYPE, we GOOD! – violence in urban communities

August 14, 2011 villagechief 0

By C. DeWayne West (TBTNewsService.com) – I, like all of Americans have been bombarded with images and editorials on violence in urban communities all across this country. And lately the spot light has been brightly shining on Chicago’s over-hyped crime spree. The daily papers, the networks and cable news organizations are cashing in on sensationalized […]

Commentary

The fight among so-called Black leaders about who loves or hates President Obama is an embarassing mess – by Lucius Gantt

August 14, 2011 villagechief 0

(The Gantt Report) – Is it just me or do other people think it is embarrassing the way that so-called Negro leaders are attacking each other about who loves or hates President Barack Obama the most? Before you read any further, let me just say Barack Obama will be remembered as one of the best […]

Entertainment

12-Year-Old Rising Star Elijah J Invites Us to “Meet Me on the Dance Floor!” with New Single and Video Release

August 10, 2011 villagechief 0

Detroit, MI – Willow Smith’s musical battle call has galvanized a new generation of fresh, vibrant talent. Diggy Simmons, Mindless Behavior and Jacob Latimore are just a of sampling of the recent explosion from a rising tween market that is rocking young and old ears alike. Now wiz kid, 12-year-old Elijah J is tossing his […]

Headlines

Video shows white teens driving over, killing black man, says DA

August 9, 2011 villagechief 0

By Drew Griffin and Scott Bronstein, CNN Special Investigations – Jackson, Mississippi (CNN) — On a recent Sunday morning just before dawn, two carloads of white teenagers drove to Jackson, Mississippi, on what the county district attorney says was a mission of hate: to find and hurt a black person. In a parking lot on […]

Commentary

Mayor Bloomberg Joins Fight Against “Black Mancession”

August 9, 2011 villagechief 0

By Marc H. Morial (To Be Equal #32) – The great recession was officially declared over in 2009, but the events of the last few weeks make it clear that while Wall Street and big business may be coming back, the economic recovery has remained out of reach for millions of Americans. Last week, in […]

News

Black caucus’s jobs tour a message to Obama to do more

August 9, 2011 villagechief 0

By William Douglas- CLEVELAND — Unemployed for two years and growing increasingly frustrated, Charet Thomas thinks that neither Congress nor the White House is looking out for her or others who compose the nation’s 15.9 percent jobless rate among African-Americans. “I think people getting off unemployment and getting jobs are middle-class people,” said Thomas, who […]