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At the start of each new season every year, coaches bleed optimism. This year was no different for the 14 Big Ten women’s basketball head coaches who talked with reporters, including the MSR, during the league’s first-ever Women’s Basketball Week last month. The following, in the order of appearance on the conference call, are the […]

A snapshot of events around town A Raisin in the Sun A classic American play set in Chicago’s South Side in the 1950s. The first play written by an African American woman to be produced on Broadway Nov. 10-20 | 7:30 pm & 2 pm (Sundays) Park Square Theatre, Historic Hamm Building 20 West 7th […]

Haiti needs help and should be helped — period. Some claim the country is cursed. It has been but not by the Creator. No, Haiti has been cursed by the North American and Western European ruling classes, whose constant meddling in Haiti is designed to force Haiti into a vassal state. And the Western nations […]

The myth of good times are here again I write this column Halloween night, following more tricks in the form of murders, violence and misleading statistical reporting, and fewer treats of honesty. There has been three murders over the three-day Halloween weekend of October 28-30. Our community’s darker spirits again inflict pain and suffering on […]

Besides celebrating two decades of operation, the WNBA posted some record-breaking numbers this season. Highest attendance in five years: a nearly five percent increase over last year, led by Chicago and Indiana setting record franchise numbers. The Sky set franchise records for average attendance (7,009) and single-game crowd (16,444 on July 13 against Los Angeles). […]

Not only are the Los Angeles Sparks the WNBA champions on the court, but according to the latest Racial and Gender Report Card (RGRC), they are this year’s diversity champs as well. “The Sparks organization includes an owner of color in Earvin “Magic” Johnson, a female of color as president and COO in Christine Simmons, […]

You can’t feel it. You can’t see it — until it’s too late. Diabetic retinopathy, the most common form of diabetic eye disease, is the leading cause of blindness in adults age 20–74. It occurs when diabetes damages blood vessels in the retina. Diabetic retinopathy affects 7.7 million Americans, and that number is projected to […]

Sleep apnea can seriously disrupt your sleep Sleep apnea is a condition in which your breathing is interrupted, repeatedly, while you sleep. Sleep apnea is a chronic disease with multiple destructive health results. According to the National Healthy Sleep Awareness Project, the prevalence of sleep apnea is increasing. Currently, 25,000 adult Americans are affected with […]

A biweekly column in which various contributors from both sides of prison walls explore common ground for effecting change. I’m a special event organizer for the youth with the Bridge Partnership, and I’ve been incarcerated for the past 13 years. I would love to share my views on why I feel bridging the gap between […]

We’re all familiar with the issue of non-biodegradable plastic debris (shopping bags, soda bottles, fishing nets etc.) clogging up our waterways and making its way out to sea. But what you might not realize is that even if you are responsible about recycling and not littering, you may still be contributing to the ocean’s plastic […]

It might not feel like you alone can have an impact on the environment, but over time, small lifestyle changes can make a substantial difference. Over 75 percent of residential waste is recyclable, but most people only recycle 30 percent, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. While it may be unrealistic to produce zero waste […]