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Snow Storm Parking Wars
Chicago finally received its first taste of a big snow storm last week, as temperatures dropped and the snow accumulated up to five inches the following day, according to the National Weather Service. Residents in the Back of the Yards community started putting broken chairs, baby car seats, crates and buckets filled with snow in [...]
Returning Unwanted Christmas Gifts
Have you returned an unwanted Christmas gift these past few weeks…what’s up with that? My 10-year-old daughter received a few gifts she already had or didn’t want this holiday and luckily (I thought) they came with gift receipts. Another bonus was that they were all from the same place—Toys R Us. Easy, I thought. I [...]
Black Friday Demeans the Holiday Spirit
I’ve always found it ironic that after a day dedicated to giving thanks for our family, friends and loved ones and for the things we appreciate the most in life, we become materialistic feigns—stomping, eye-gouging and even pepper-spraying our way through department stores to be the first to lay our hands on those coveted sale [...]
Boxing Matches Fixed for the Hype
This weekend was full of sports action, but none compared to the much-anticipated third fight between Juan Manuel Marquez and Manny Pacquiao. The stage was set for these two warriors to decide who the winner of this trilogy would be. As a lifelong boxing fan, I had read every article, watched every interview, and re-screened [...]
Bank of America Drops $5 Debit Card Use Fee
This week Bank of America decided to drop its plan to charge a $5 monthly fee for debit card use. Mounting pressure from upset customers and bad publicity led to the turn in business strategy. Large banks like B of A, JP Morgan Chase and Citibank claim a large market share of consumer banking and [...]
Occupy Wall Street Movement
A small protest that started on Wall Street in New York has spread with fervor to many of the largest cities in the U.S. three years after the financial meltdown. It seems that the public is waking up and fed up with the lies perpetrated by our Government, the interests of financial institutions and corporations. [...]
Denial of School Transfer Requests
Recently, children have been denied transfer requests at Richards High School not because their education was in jeopardy, but because it hurt the bottom line of the school. This highlights the problem with how our schools are funded and how the system neglects our kids’ education by treating them as a revenue source for the [...]
Unemployment Rates and the Free Market Spirit
Recently, THE GATE published an article addressing unemployment and the ways people in minority communities were dealing with it. The article highlighted how people in a society with a struggling economy can take the reins of the free market spirit and progress without the assistance or intrusion of government. There are plenty of examples of [...]
Economy Continues to Suffer
The summer is coming to an end. The economy has not improved since the crash of the market in 2008, and unemployment is still a real problem in the country. On the bright side, we avoided default by passing a debt ceiling deal and made education a real opportunity to all by passing the Illinois [...]
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