Street justice is no justice. When people decide they are going to settle their own scores, it perpetuates the violence that is impacting so many young lives.
It has been six years since Toni Gonnigan's oldest brother, Jerome, died. Since her brother's burial at Oak Woods Cemetery, she has gone to the cemetery monthly to visit his grave.
Every day in America, a parent willfully disappears from a child's life. Leaving a child alone is the most selfish act imaginable.
This week, a Cook County judge sentenced Dwain Kyles and Calvin Hollins to two years in prison for "indirect criminal contempt."
You might not think you're going to miss Oprah, but you are. There are stories that only Oprah can do, and there are things that only Oprah and God can make happen.
When I turned 50, I noticed that I seemed to have become invisible to the opposite sex.
Mary Mitchell: We may never know what drove Chicago School Board President Michael Scott to take his life. At the time of his death, Scott had been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury looking into the admissions practices at Chicago's selective-enrollment schools.
Not even two weeks ago, I was watching Chicago School Board President Michael Scott as he tried to encourage a busload of disillusioned CPS students.
Charles Walker is surrounded by images of the battles African Americans had to fight in pursuit of justice.
Here's a riddle for you: How does a non-running 2000 Dodge Intrepid disappear in broad daylight?
With respect to the Cleveland serial killer, it is too easy to blame neighbors for not knowing they were living next door to a monster.
Last Thursday morning, Chicago School Board President Michael Scott stood on a corner at Altgeld Gardens and surveyed the landscape.
Some of you didn't get why the dress code -- which led to six Washington University students being banned from the Original Mother's bar on Rush Street -- sparked an outcry.
