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.
It's been decades since I've partied on Rush Street, but I'm not surprised that the bars are still discriminating against black men.
Quite often, the first thing out of our mouths when a teenager is accused of a heinous crime is: "It starts in the home."
After hearing from an angry parent, I reached out to "Queen Sister," a colorful activist who has been at the forefront of rallies to stop the violence near Fenger High School.
