An effort to dismiss the Tulsa lawsuit was denied May 3rd by Tulsa County District Court Judge Caroline Wall. Judge Wall said that the three survivors may proceed with their cases for reparations and justice. The three Tulsa elders are represented by Atty. Damario Solomon-Simmons. He has represented the survivors for 20 years and is … Continue reading 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Survivors Proceed with Cases for Reparations and Justice By Cassiette West-Williams 

On her visit to Peoria recently 17th District Congresswoman Cheri Bustos came bearing gifts. Bustos brought a long-awaited present to residents on Peoria’s Southside. She came bearing a $1 million dollar check from the federal government. The money will be used to demolish the old Harrison School on Krause Avenue. The old building has been … Continue reading Your Days are Numbered! Harrison and McKinley Schools on the city’s Southside to be demolished By Denise Jackson, 1st District Peoria City Council

They were not forgotten, cast aside, or ignored. Two pioneering African American women of journalism were recently honored for their numerous contributions to international and national reporting during their era. From the mid-1940s until the early 1980s). The late Illinois-born Ethel L. Payne and Kentucky-born Alice Allison Dunnigan received posthumous honors from the White House … Continue reading Black Women Journalists Honored By Cassiette West-Williams

Call it the Quarantine 15, the 29 pounds of COVID-Fat most people have put on since March 2020, or just that old-fashioned winter weight we seem to retain year after year. Whatever it is, we want it gone, and we want it gone now. Let’s look at how a weekly approach to change using one … Continue reading Tasty Garden Goodness By Candy Webb ‘A Plan for Healthy – How to Look and Feel Your Best Every Day’

One of the toughest jobs in the world is being a mom. A mother’s job is 24 hours a day, seven days a week. As a part-time caregiver to my 95-year-old mother, I can say being a caregiver to the person that gave birth to you is equally and probably even tougher than being a … Continue reading A Mother’s Blessing By Cheryll Boswell

Bishop Harold Dawson, Jr. used to say that “anytime you hear a lie and believe it, you enact a lie.” We live in a world today where people do not take the time to FACT CHECK information; whatever they hear, they basically believe without much consideration. Is this how you speak over your life as … Continue reading Speak Blessings Over Yourself By Katherine Young