Saying Goodbye to Yvonne Staples …

Saying Goodbye to Yvonne Staples …

^^^ South Shore, CHICAGO, IL – Mississippi native, Yvonne Staples, manager and backup singer for the powerhouse soul trio, The Staple Singers, has died. Born to Roebuck “Pops” and Osceola Staples in 1937, she was 80 years old at the time of her...
On This Day … Maya, Martin … and Winnie

On This Day … Maya, Martin … and Winnie

…On April 14, 2018, the world will officially lay to her final resting place one beautifully strange and misunderstood mischaracterized soul by the name of Winnie Madikizela Mandela. Regardless of what anyone thought of Winnie and her frightful public antics, or...
Leah “Still in the Game”

Leah “Still in the Game”

Leah Still will be eight years old this coming May. As everyone knows by now, Little Miss Leah has been dealing with neuroblastoma, a cancer diagnosis she received at the age of four. This month, Urban Intellectuals went to find out how the young lady has been...
One Point Three Trillion In Government OMNIBUS Spending

One Point Three Trillion In Government OMNIBUS Spending

Winners and losers from the $1.3T omnibus Congress is on the verge of passing a $1.3 trillion omnibus that would fund the government through September and provide the biggest federal spending increase in years. The bill is loaded with provisions given its likely...