John Fountain
Columnist at Chicago Sun-Times
Journalist, Author, Fulbright Scholar, Former New York Times Writer. Prof. Roosevelt University. Freed Black Journalist. Publisher.
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2 weeks ago |
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By John W. FountainI SUSPECT THERE WILL be tears. Grown man tears. And laughter. Tears and laughter shared between friends like that between long lost veterans who survived the war and lived to tell the story, though the winds of time, life and circumstances carried them, us, away—apart—for many years. Until that moment of reunion. There is sure to be joy and pain when we gather in a few weeks (June 14).
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2 weeks ago |
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This is the third story in a series titled, “The Fellas”—A tribute to the people of North Lawndale neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side where the author grew up. By John W. FountainI’M SO WEST SIDE I can remember the new morning song of birds, spilling sweetly through my second-floor bedroom window after a serene city night uninterrupted by gunfire. I can still taste the fresh morning city breeze.
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1 month ago |
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“A new class of people has taken root in America’s cities, a lost society dwelling in enclaves of despair and chaos that infect and threaten the communities at large. …Its members don’t share traditional values of work, money, education, home and perhaps even of life.
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1 month ago |
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(Left) Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick takes a knee—something that cause him to be effectively banned from the National Football League. (Right) Shedeur Sanders, son of NFL Hall of Fame player Deion Sanders, remain undrafted through four rounds of the 2025 NFL draft despite earlier predictions that he would be drafted in the first round. He was, however, the 144th pick, drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the 5th round. Many analysts, among them ESPN commentator Stephen A.
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1 month ago |
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By John W. FountainTRAVELING ABROAD IN 2006, as a writer with Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., we arrived one bright Sunday morning at the Regina Mundi Catholic Church in Soweto, Johannesburg in South Africa, the sun and the scent of motherland earth kissing my Black American soul. As our group exited our vehicle and approached the edifice on foot, we were met by the sound of enchanting angelic voices that grew louder with each step.
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WE ARE NOT YOUR “American Millstone.” Not your class of societal misfits. Not your jaded “ghetto” misinterpretation of life beyond the ivory tower. Never have been. Never will be. We call BS. https://t.co/iYqaFzDg6L https://t.co/2M20Vr5wpj
WE ARE NOT YOUR “American Millstone.” Not your class of societal misfits. Not your jaded “ghetto” misinterpretation of life beyond the ivory tower. Never have been. Never will be. We call BS. https://t.co/iYqaFzDg6L https://t.co/ft8eYd0neR
The NFL ‘castrated’ Kaepernick And "we" abandoned him Kap knelt down for us But we failed to stand by him Nine years later, They sully Shedeur Besmirch his name In four rounds Undrafted Different sound Same game... https://t.co/GqLvwGAg4S @ShedeurSanders https://t.co/XBscr0wmGp