2/7/2016 By Joy Lynn Clark Chicago, IL My son and I decided to visit Water Tower Place on North Michigan Avenue.  I have to admit, I have been to this shopping center a thousand times and I even worked here as a retail salesperson when I was much younger. When I was in high school I would meet my ETHS friends here. It was nice and central for all of our suburban travelling. I thought the entrance was so grand.  We would meet in the entryway and ascend the escalators to where we could run around and be proper mallrats. Even the escalator was jam packed with people.  We would…

At the start, the Director or Principal Of Juarez delivers the welcome in both English and Spanish. The Juarez Community Academy Advanced Band starts with, “Cancion de Navidad”. I quickly forgot that I am watching students.

By Joy Lynn Clark 1/6/2017 I knew I wanted to say, “whatever” so many times.  It started with the presidential election.  Donald Trump was elected and it was clear that he had won the electoral college but not the popular vote. People are angry.  I know because the very next day a white guy was beaten in my city for being a Trump supporter.  I was like, “Really?”.  So I looked into the electoral college. The number of electoral votes is the number of representatives plus 2 senators that your state has in Congress.  It’s all above board.  You might want to take those elections for Senators and Representatives more…

By Joy Lynn Clark December 18, 2016 Boy to man You’ve got to stand And get your homework done Sacrifice and you’ll be surprised The sun shines on you son Boy to man You must take control And never let go You must own your soul Understand And don’t you stand Over nothing that you don’t own make a good plan sometimes you gotta work alone for the truth to be known show your skills share with the world if the world shares with you and fuck them if they don’t but don’t fuck them and leave them if they won’t cause you run this and handle your gun with…

By Joy Lynn Clark  09/14/2016 So far, Chicago has beat out LA and NYC to have the most homicides in the US so far.  With 500 homicides and nearly 3000 shooting victims ( for the past few years consistenly ).  Chicago, IL is probably still the murder capital of the US. Guess who else is shooting?  Crime dramas, police shows, legal investigation programs, fire shows  all realistic, yet fiction.  Right here in the inner city, in the murder capital, on private property.  I am just a renter so, I get no notice. There were shootings on my block three weeks in a row.  The first time it was broad daylight,…