News: July 2008 Archives

Many said it will never happen.
But the U.S. is inching closer to a national apology for the country's slavery and Jim Crow eras. Tuesday's House resolution, passed by a voice vote, could pave the way for a serious debate over reparations.

It was bad enough that the Rev. Jesse Jackson disgraced himself by dragging Sen. Barack Obama's name into the gutter with the offensive "I want to cut off his nuts" comment, but his use of the dreaded n-word played right into the hands of his critics and makes him look like a hypocrite.

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Jackson tries to explain himself in Chicago July 9.

Chilly neighborhood reception greets Mount Greenwood Seven at elementary school they integrated 40 years ago

Seven black students recall braving the racist crowds who protested their transfer to Mount Greenwood school in '68

AMA's formal apology to black doctors for discriminatory polices that kept them from participating in the group was powerful and timely.

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It's not clear to me why the Rev. Jesse Jackson seems not to have learned from his mistakes.

Although this isn't the first time Jackson has been critical of Obama, it is the first time he has suggested Obama should be taken to task for allegedly "talking down" to black voters.

Call it trash talking. Call it disrespect. Call it wrong. But it was definitely deja vu.

At a time when families were preparing to enjoy the long holiday weekend, the unthinkable happened.

Richard Francis, 60, a veteran Chicago Police officer, was shot to death when he responded to a disturbance outside of a CTA bus.

Francis was alone in a squad car when he was flagged down by a CTA bus driver.