SUN-TIMES WRITER ORDERED TO TESTIFY IN KELLY CASE
After threat of bench warrant for report Jim DeRogatis due on stand
News Spotlight
Part I – Weighing Justice in America
The Case of Claude Mc Collum: Attorney Hugh B. Clarke,Jr.; Cheryl Bartz, who is on the Committee for Social Justice at Unitarian Universalist Church of Greater Lansing and Claude McCollum who was recently released from prison for a crime he didn’t commit. TNCP Photo.
JOHN MCCAIN TAKES CASE TO ESSENCE.COM
Presumptive Republican nominee talks about views on Obama and plans for black America
Life and Death: Chinese Earthquake Survivor Speaks
Li Pei Han (Jade) a 20-year old college student visited here last summer with the Visiting International Professional Program. She gives us insight to her experience writing in English as her second language.
Courtesy Photo.
Father’s Day is June 15, 2008
The idea that there’s one definition of family is changing. Families are becoming more diverse. There are single career as well as dual career families, two parent as well as single parent families, "intact" as well as blended families, married as well as unmarried cohabiting parents, heterosexual as well as same sex parents, single race as well as interracial families, two- as well as three-generational families.
Mother’s Day Brunch at the Cadillac Club
David E. Smith, Sous Chef and Brett Telder, Executive Chef standing in front of their
modified salad bar at the Cadillac Club. They’re whipping up sweet concoctions to tantalize your taste buds. Experience the Chocolate Fountain of d’Elegance along with other signature dishes like the slow roasted prime beef on Mother’s Day and weekend brunch.
Photo TNCP.
JAY-Z TO SET UP TRUST FOR SEAN BELL’S KIDS: Plus, mogul’s Live Nation deal closed.
Allhiphop.com is reporting that Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter is in the process of setting up an educational trust for the children of Sean Bell, the unarmed African American man who was shot and killed by New York City police officers hours before his wedding.
The Web site says sources have confirmed that the mogul is working with Nicole Paultre Bell, Sean Bell’s widow, to establish stock-based trust funds for both of their children.
Hard Times Causing More Americans to Stretch Money
Elizabeth handing Pat a coupon from Kroger for dry cleaning services at Sunshine Laundromat & Dry Cleaners.
Photo TNCP.
Broadway Winners Hit The Wharton for 2008 Season
THE COLOR PURPLE / First National Tour is coming to the Wharton Center. Shown here is Jeannette Bayardelle (Celie) and LaToya London (Nettie)
Photo credit Paul Kolnik.
Celebrating 10 Years: Judge Greg Mathis Still Insightful and Inspirational From Behind Bars to Passing the Bar
When Judge Greg Mathis was a child growing up in gritty streets of Detroit a different type of “street law” was implemented during the turbulent times of the 70’s.
As a child, laying in bed at night in an apartment in a Detroit housing project, he would have never dreamed that he would be one of the most popular judges in the nation. More exciting, is that he was one of the original pioneers in reality television providing viewers a syndicated courtroom show with a stream of colorful litigants.