How Black Women Entrepreneurs Are Still Facing an Uphill Battle
Black women are starting businesses at a higher rate than white males but are often left behind on an unequal playing field.
Poet Amanda Gorman exudes hope even as Black oppression remains | Commentary
By JASON CAMPBELL GUEST COLUMNIST |FEB 09, 2021 | “…Scripture tells us to envision / that everyone shall sit under their own vine and fig tree / And no one shall make them afraid…” As Amanda Gorman spoke those words during the inauguration last month, I felt a chill — the hairs standing on the…
Op-ed: US Capitol riots, MLK Jr. Day remind us there are still two Americas
By JASON CAMPBELL CHICAGO TRIBUNE |JAN 15, 2021 Unlike many other Black residents of Washington, D.C., I had the luxury of visiting the U.S. Capitol building as a child. I walked within the red ropes side by side with my mostly white middle-school classmates — wearing a long-sleeve button-down shirt and slacks — knowing that…
The Gifts Not Found Under The Tree
Oscar Wilde once wrote, “Memory is the diary we all carry about with us.” Memories are what will afford us the ability to overcome this pandemic. Memories can nourish troubled souls and calm distracted minds. In the moment we may have been frustrated or annoyed but in hindsight the triviality of what once loomed large is clear and we cannot help but smile and laugh at ourselves. Sacrificing holiday gatherings this year for many more in the future is what is being requested by the CDC, healthcare workers, and a neighbor with a chronic health condition who could suffer if hospitals are at maximum capacity.
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