🚨 I’m honored to be the new host of the hit
@WBEZ
podcast, “Making.” This season we’re shaking up the format, diving into the formative years of a different iconic Black figure EVERY WEEK. Serena, Kobe, Rihanna, Kanye and more. Episode 1 drops Oct. 13
2 championships in 3 years.
In 3 years at South Carolina, Dawn Staley has won 2 championships and gone 109-3.
I repeat: she’s only lost THREE TIMES.
THIS is a 🐐 level run
I gotta give Nascar credit. This is how you expand your reach and try to gain new fans and viewers. Go in places you’ve never gone before, like the South Side of Chicago.
At 8am this morning, Chicago’s south side will finally have a trauma center. Before, patients in area would have to be transported almost 10 miles away for gunshot wounds and other serious injuries. Will also include services to help trauma patients transition into community.
So many complaints about a lack of grilling (can’t relate), but no discussion of most of our generation being in apartments and not even having access to a grill.
Due to the government shutdown, Pres. Trump had to order out to feed the national champion Clemson football team.
So... he chose McDonalds, Wendy’s and Burger King. The same food the team could have got at a rest stop 😂
This is absolutely heartbreaking. TMZ reports Juice Wrld is dead after having seizure in Chicago's Midway Airport. He was just 21 years old.
#RIPjuiceWrld
Michael Jordan took a break at the height of his basketball career. Mental health was definitely a factor. What Simone Biles is doing isn’t new, and should be respected.
Nothing unites Chicagoans more than
1. Outsiders bad mouthing Chicago
2. Suburbanites claiming to be Chicagoans
3. Interviewing suburbanites as if they are Chicagoans
Mayor Rahm Emanuel says Jussie Smollett cost the city $130k.
The City Of Chicago spent more than $113 MILLION in police misconduct lawsuits in 2018, according to
@ChicagoReporter
No public outrage from the Mayor about that cost yet
Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel says police are assembling cost of investigation, which they will look to recoup from Jussie Smollett.
"When he does pay the city back...in that memo section, he can write 'I'm sorry and I'm accountable for what I've done.'"
My first job out of college, I couldn’t afford to heat my South Bend, IN apartment in the frigid winter months. So I went to a warming center, where they happily provided me a place to sleep. I’m so incredibly thankful to have a heated home now. God bless those warming others!
Ballin Flossin 🔥
Hot Shower 🔥
We Go High 🔥
I Got You (Always and Forever)
Handsome 🔥
Big Fish 🔥
Get A Bag 🔥
Slide Around 🔥
Zanies and Fools 🔥
The whole thing 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💥
#TheBigDay
@chancetherapper
This is Kierra Coles. She’s a pregnant 26-year-old Chicago letter carrier who has been missing for two weeks. U.S. Postal Service is offering $25,000 for information about what happened to her. Call 312-747-8274
Proud of Madison for not just sticking with it because she likes a guy, but actually thinking about practicality and how a marriage would work.
#TheBachelor
On this day 49 years ago, Chicago Black Panthers Fred Hampton and Mark Clark were assassinated by The FBI and police in a plot to take down the civil rights organization
Trayvon Martin: 17 years old. Killed no one. Murdered by a man hell bent on being a vigilante.
Kyle Rittenhouse: 17 years old. Killed two people trying to be a vigilante. Found Not Guilty.
America.
An innocent joke on a pod about being the catch to Simone Biles, has led to projection and people rooting for a couple’s downfall. This whole saga is an apt reflection of how bad social media culture has spiraled. Love the reax from host
@Realrclark25
I respect that Adele only wants to give a show that is her best effort for the fans. And you can tell she is really pained by inconveniencing people. Wish more artists showed heart and empathy like this when canceling shows. Adele has nothing to be embarrassed about!
I need y’all to stop getting your news from TikTok, the Shade Room, and random blogs. They don’t have to adhere to ethics or fact checking. That’s how misinformation spreads.
Wanted to take a moment to thank the incredible
@WaltDisneyWorld
staff for helping accommodate my family during a difficult time these past few days. My mother suffered a stroke at the park, and they have been so kind and hospitable to our family. It means a lot. Gratitude 💙🙏🏿
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is THE best performance of Chadwick Boseman’s career. The type that will freeze you in your seat. He put his all into this. Great turns as well from Coleman Domingo, Viola Davis and entire cast. The Oscar hype is real and warranted.
#MaRaineysBlackBottom
Former NFL WR Terrelle Pryor underwent surgery this morning and is in critical condition after being stabbed last night at his Pittsburgh apartment in the shoulder and chest, per source.
Starting news salaries are often predatory and immoral. This was the reality for many starting out in the industry. It’s why journalism continues to be an industry that welcomes the privileged while shutting out other crucial perspectives and backgrounds. It must change.
Diplomat: “Most other nations don’t allow a terrorist to be their leader.”
Magneto: “Yet so many allow their leaders to be terrorists.”
#XMen97
Sheeeeeesh.
🏆Woke up an Emmy-winner
🙏🏿 Glory be to God. I am a testament to the power in trusting His plan.
💙 Thank you Mom. Thank you family. Thank you mentors. Thank you village. Thank you
@OnTheBlockChi
@wciu
@cw26chicago
@chi_natas
🧗🏾The underdog story continues 🔥
Biggest flaw in the HBCU vs PWI debate is assumption of choice + intent behind that choice. Many factors that go into a student's college decision: Does it have my desired Major? In-state or out of state? Scholarships? Cost? Nothing wrong with developing Black experience at a PWI
Chicago Police: “Felony criminal charges have been approved by Cook County State's Attorney's Office against Jussie Smollett for Disorderly Conduct / Filing False Police Report. Detectives will make contact with his legal team to negotiate a reasonable surrender for his arrest.”
As far as live-action remakes of animated films go,
#TheLittleMermaid
is one of the best. Big reason for that is the supernova Halle Bailey. The inquisitiveness, cuteness, and angelic voice. A role she was born to play. She carried! We have a Disney Princess.
Biggest takeaway from NFL anthem protest ban: the language states all players and personnel on the field must "stand and show respect for the flag" and the national anthem. That insinuates players were protesting out of disrespect for the anthem. And that’s not true.
Elizabeth Warren just dunked on John Delaney. "I don't understand why anybody goes to all the trouble of running for president of the United States just to talk about what we really can't do and shouldn't fight for."
#DemDebate