Providing news and information while helping aspiring writers and journalists, http://thesop.org/index.php?bio=geg http://thesop.org 118 67 http://thesop.org/images/thesop_118x67.jpg Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:40:00 GMT CHICAGO: National Peoples Action with support from U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) releases a Chicago Foreclosure Report for 2009. http://thesop.org/story/usa/2010/03/18/report-reveals-a-foreclosure-in-chicago-foreclosure-every-22-minutes.php http://thesop.org/story/usa/2010/03/18/report-reveals-a-foreclosure-in-chicago-foreclosure-every-22-minutes.php ggodwin82@yahoo.com (Garrett Godwin) Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:45:00 GMT CHICAGO " According to a new foreclosure report, there is a foreclosure in Chicago every 22 minutes. The report also reveals that more than 23,000 homes were in foreclosure in 2009 http://thesop.org/story/usa/2010/03/16/devastating-chicago-foreclosure-report-released.php http://thesop.org/story/usa/2010/03/16/devastating-chicago-foreclosure-report-released.php ggodwin82@yahoo.com (Garrett Godwin) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:32:00 GMT Wells Fargo, Bank of America, and other big banks that received bailout money through the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), are financing http://thesop.org/story/usa/2010/03/09/americans-pressure-fed-chairman-to-stop-financing-payday-lending.php http://thesop.org/story/usa/2010/03/09/americans-pressure-fed-chairman-to-stop-financing-payday-lending.php ggodwin82@yahoo.com (Garrett Godwin) Mon, 8 Mar 2010 21:26:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C: Across the country, everyday Americans are standing up to big banks like Bank of America that continue to continue to frustrate families. They have seen their communities http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/03/08/media-release-financial-crisis-spurs-widespread-political-protest.php http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/03/08/media-release-financial-crisis-spurs-widespread-political-protest.php ggodwin82@yahoo.com (Garrett Godwin) Sat, 6 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT Award-winning actress Tonya Lee Williams, ReelWorldFilm Festival executives, and others will be announcing the exciting line-up of films, industry panels, and special events for the 10th anniversary of the ReelWorld Film Festival. http://thesop.org/story/press_releases/2010/03/05/reelworld-film-festival-10th-anniversary-press-conference.php http://thesop.org/story/press_releases/2010/03/05/reelworld-film-festival-10th-anniversary-press-conference.php ggodwin82@yahoo.com (Garrett Godwin) Sat, 27 Feb 2010 07:21:00 GMT "It's like a story within a story. It points out the good and the bad of the justice system. It never says, 'Hey, this is a right thing to do'" said the author Derek Brooks. http://thesop.org/story/book/2010/02/26/18th-m-what-is-the-difference-between-vigilante-justice-and-street-justice.php http://thesop.org/story/book/2010/02/26/18th-m-what-is-the-difference-between-vigilante-justice-and-street-justice.php ggodwin82@yahoo.com (Garrett Godwin) Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:12:00 GMT Kurupt's Down and Dirty is the first record of 2010 that contains 17 rare and unreleased tracks never heard by the public - until now, thanks to WIDEawake-Death Row Entertainment. http://thesop.org/story/music/2010/02/17/kurupts-down-and-dirty-2010.php http://thesop.org/story/music/2010/02/17/kurupts-down-and-dirty-2010.php ggodwin82@yahoo.com (Garrett Godwin) Thu, 4 Feb 2010 08:47:00 GMT G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra was released last summer from director Stephen Sommars, the man that brought us The Mummy and Van Helsing. http://thesop.org/story/movie/2010/02/03/gi-joe-the-rise-of-cobra-review-from-the-sop.php http://thesop.org/story/movie/2010/02/03/gi-joe-the-rise-of-cobra-review-from-the-sop.php ggodwin82@yahoo.com (Garrett Godwin) Mon, 1 Feb 2010 19:18:00 GMT Russell Crowe dons the bow and arrow for the 2010 summer blockbuster season as the legendary Sherwood Forest heroic outlaw Robin Hood. http://thesop.org/story/movie/2010/02/01/cinderella-man-review.php http://thesop.org/story/movie/2010/02/01/cinderella-man-review.php ggodwin82@yahoo.com (Garrett Godwin) Mon, 1 Feb 2010 00:44:00 GMT The year is 1985, and Tricky "I am not a crook" Dicky Nixon is once again the President of the United States for the fifth time. Once considered as champions of the innocent and defenders of the weak http://thesop.org/story/movie/2010/01/31/watchmen-film-review-from-the-sop.php http://thesop.org/story/movie/2010/01/31/watchmen-film-review-from-the-sop.php ggodwin82@yahoo.com (Garrett Godwin) Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:10:00 GMT Daniel Craig became an action hero thanks to Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace as a James Bond for the post-9/11 generation, and continues to maintain that status as a leading man with http://thesop.org/story/movie/2010/01/30/defiance-film-review-from-the-sop.php http://thesop.org/story/movie/2010/01/30/defiance-film-review-from-the-sop.php ggodwin82@yahoo.com (Garrett Godwin) Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:02:00 GMT Tonya is set to star in the feature film "Sons 2 The Grave" and continues to oversee ReelWorld Film Festival that she founded in 2001. http://thesop.org/story/tvprograms/2010/01/12/naacp-image-award-yrs-tonya-lee-williams-nominated.php http://thesop.org/story/tvprograms/2010/01/12/naacp-image-award-yrs-tonya-lee-williams-nominated.php ggodwin82@yahoo.com (Garrett Godwin) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:01:00 GMT Why are there so few African-American students in colleges today? There are two reasons. The first? High absenteeism, black fathers are in jail and/or in drugs, etc. And the other? http://thesop.org/story/art/2009/12/30/anita-royston-up-close-and-personal.php http://thesop.org/story/art/2009/12/30/anita-royston-up-close-and-personal.php ggodwin82@yahoo.com (Garrett Godwin) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:00:00 GMT Natashas Long Road CD will be available for purchase. Download her new album that features "Long Road","Fallen" and "All I Wanna Do" on iTunes now! http://thesop.org/story/press_releases/2009/12/16/singer-natasha-waterman-will-be-performing-her-soulful-hits-live.php http://thesop.org/story/press_releases/2009/12/16/singer-natasha-waterman-will-be-performing-her-soulful-hits-live.php ggodwin82@yahoo.com (Garrett Godwin) Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:45:00 GMT Called one of the biggest turkeys of the decade, The Spirit was released for the 2008 holiday season. It was also the last comic-book/superhero movie of that year, as writer/director Frank Miller attempted http://thesop.org/story/movie/2009/12/11/the-spirit-review-dvd.php http://thesop.org/story/movie/2009/12/11/the-spirit-review-dvd.php ggodwin82@yahoo.com (Garrett Godwin)