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Washington Post To Close New York, Chicago, LA Bureaus

Posted 11.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Washington DC, Internet, Newspapers, New York, Advertising, Chicago, Wapo, Newspaper Circulation, La, Bureaus Closing, Washington Post, Dc, Circulation, Media News

The Washington Post plans to close bureaus in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. A Post story by media reporter Howard Kurtz confirmed the news repor...

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Chicago's Public Health Budget Gets The Flu

Johnathon Briggs | Posted 11.23.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Public Health, Budget Cuts, Health Care, Chicago, Aids, Chicago Budget, HIV/AIDS, Swine Flu, Mayor Daley, H1n1, Chicago News
Johnathon Briggs

Some essential city services are too important to do without. Alarmingly, Mayor Daley's 2010 budget plan calls for a $2.1 million funding reduction (6.7% cut) for public health.

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On The Road

Joy Preble | Posted 11.23.2009 | Books

Read More: Dreaming Anastasia, Advice-to-New-Authors, Debut Authors, Book Publishing, Michael Chabon, Chicago, Larry Day, Author, Writing, 57th-Street-Books, Book Promotion, Borders, Book Publicity, Naomi Wolf, Sarah Palin, Books News
Joy Preble

These are the humbling moments in the debut author journey. The ones that remind you to hang onto that day job.

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Chicago LIVE On Twitter: Local News, Sports, People

Posted 11.20.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Sports, Chicago People, Chicago Tweets, Chicago Live on Twitter, Chicago, Chicago Live Tweets, Chicago News, Chicago Twitter, Chicago Breaking News Twitter, Chicago News

Follow the latest in Chicago LIVE through our curated Twitter lists: local news, local sports, and local people via tweets. Do you know a tweeter w...

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The Value of Water

Henry Henderson | Posted 11.20.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Asian Carp, Lake Michigan, Nrdc, Invasive Species, Pollution, Chicago River, Chicago River Sewage, Natural Resources Defense Council, Atrazine, Water Pollution, Water, Chicago, Great Lakes, Privatization, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Ballast-Water, Chicago News
Henry Henderson

The water rich communities of the Great Lakes region do not understand the nature and value of their most precious resource.

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Chicago Footnotes

Bob Giloth | Posted 11.19.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Harold Washington, Rob Mier, Navy Pier, Chicago, James Rouse, Chicago News
Bob Giloth

"Washington's administration broke with the traditional Chicago growth machine on various issues ... [T]he administration killed plans to revitalize N...

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SLIDESHOW: Art For A Better World: Five Exhibits That Inspire Change

Posted 11.18.2009 | Impact

Read More: South Africa, Art, Social Change, Emma Thompson, Venice Arts, Chicago, Slideshow, Un, Exhibitions, Cancer, Lance Armstrong, New York, Livestrong, Human Trafficking, Veterans, Impact News

Have trouble understanding modern art? Impact sought out some special exhibits that seek to make a change in the world, be it through raising awarenes...

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Is Jay Cutler Really the Bad Guy?

Amy Turek | Posted 11.16.2009 | Sports

Read More: Nfl, Chicago Bears, Chicago, Chicks-in-the-Huddle, Jay Cutler, Sports News
Amy Turek

He's not exactly the storybook hero we were hoping for, but I think Cutler is doing a decent job as our quarterback. There's only so much you can ask one man to do for an offense.

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Diversity Is Great, But It Won't Save Chicago's Public Schools

Matt Farmer | Posted 11.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Martin Luther King, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Board of Education, CPS Segregation Consent Decree, CPS Magnet Schools, Chicago, CPS Selective Enrollment Schools, Mayor Daley, Ron Huberman, Chicago Magnet Schools, Diversity, Cps, Education Reform, Public Education, Chicago News
Matt Farmer

CPS CEO Ron Huberman knows there is very little racial or economic diversity in our public schools. There is also very little Huberman and his team can do about that.

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Thomson Prison In Illinois Is Leading Choice In Obama's Search For Stateside Gitmo

AP | TAMMY WEBBER | Posted 11.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: White House, Pat Quin, Pat Quinn, Guantanamo, Thomson Illinois, Obama, New Gitmo, Gitmo, Mark Kirk, Thompson Prison Facility, Jan Schakowsky, Thomson Prison, Chicago, Thomson Correctional Facility, Illinois, Gitmo Detainees, Cuba, Chicago News

CHICAGO — The Obama administration may buy a near-empty prison in rural northwestern Illinois to house detainees from Guantanamo Bay along with fede...

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Northbrook Police's Gun Giveaway Program Under Fire

Ellen Gill | Posted 11.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Suburbs, Gun Laws, Chicago Suburbs, Chicago, Northbrook, Chicago Tribune, Gun Control, Chicago Police Department, Chicago News
Ellen Gill

Many residents of Northbrook and the surrounding suburbs are upset about the gun giveaway because it will put more weapons in our neighborhood.

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Chicago Taps Parking Meters To Fund Homeless Shelters

Posted 11.13.2009 | Impact

Read More: Chicago Parking Meters, Homeless, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, Chicago, Impact News

Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley announced last week that the city has earmarked $1.4 million to fund homeless prevention programs over the next two yea...

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Two Dining Landmarks in Chicago: Last Call

Craig "Meathead" Goldwyn | Posted 11.12.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Don Roth's Blackhawk, Nick's Fishmarket, Chicago, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Lee Suckow, Ann Roth, Food, Chicago News
Craig

It's last call at two fine dining landmarks in downtown Chicago, the 90-year-old Don Roth's Blackhawk and the 32-year-old Nick's Fishmarket.

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Stage Door: Superior Donuts, The Understudy, Vamps

Fern Siegel | Posted 11.11.2009 | New York

Read More: Theater, Michael McKean, Broadway, Cabaret, Off-Broadway, Tracy Letts, Entertainment, Chicago, New York News
Fern Siegel

When August: Osage County drama burst on Broadway, it trumpeted the arrival of Tracy Letts, who won the Pulitzer. By contrast, his follow-up effort, Superior Donuts, is a quiet meditation.

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An Open Letter to President Obama About Afghanistan From William R. Polk

The Nation | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Afghanistan War, Nato, Afghan Election, Tribes, Durand Line, Kabul, Middle East, Taliban, Policy, Hamid Karzai, Afghan War, Chicago, Afghan Strategy, Un, South Waziristan, Soviet Union, Pentagon, Britain, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Troop Levels, Terrorism, Pashtun, Foreign Policy, Kashmir, Insurgency, Al Qaida, State Department, Pashtunwali, Soviet Afghan War, Counterinsurgency, World News

I was an early supporter of yours. So I hope you will accept the following analysis and proposals as being from a friend as well as a person with cons...

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Poet Pride: A Charm City Classic on Film

Timothy Cooper | Posted 11.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: 1960s, Civil Rights Movment, New York, Baltimore, 1990's, Muggsy Bogues, Hbo, Drugs, 1980's, War on Drugs, Basketball, Film, The Wire, Carmelo Anthony, Len Bias, USA Today, Reggie Lewis, Chicago, Documentary, Boston Celtics, Rudy Gay, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Nba, 1970s, Entertainment News
Timothy Cooper

A new basketball documentary, Poet Pride, takes a look at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School. This famed East Baltimore institution has produced some of the greatest basketball players in the country.

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Howard Dean Stresses Importance of Grassroots Pressure on Public Option

Ellen Gill | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Illinois Tenth Congressional District Democrats, Howard Dean, Illinois, Chicago, Fifty State Strategy, Public Option, Politics News
Ellen Gill

Dean said that he thinks the public option should be Medicare, administered by the same agencies and under the same rules as Medicare.

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A Hole in the Night

Robert Koehler | Posted 11.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Restorative Justice, Peace, Urban Violence, Crime, Chicago, Derrion Albert, Chicago School Violence, Criminal Justice, Chicago News
Robert Koehler

I remember big, white-teeth grins, laughter, especially from the kid in the white hoodie. He was laughing as he swung and connected with my cheekbone and I went down.

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Is Illinois Republican Governor Candidate Bill Brady a True Fiscal Conservative?

David Ormsby | Posted 11.04.2009 | Chicago

Read More: 2010 Illinois Republican Governor Primary, Illinois Politics, Dan Hynes, Pat Quinn, Adam Andrzejewski, Chicago, Bob Schillerstrom, Kirk Dillard, Dan Proft, Bill Brady, Andy McKenna, Paul Wood, Jim Ryan, Chicago News
David Ormsby

When Bill Brady's 2006 campaign expenses exceeded campaign income he borrowed, just like the State of Illinois has done to pay its bills. What's the difference?

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He Cannot Succeed Without Us: One Year After the Election of President Barack Obama

Rahim Kanani | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

Read More: White House, Afghanistan, Economy, Hbo, United Nations, President Obama, Chicago, Iran, United States, Democracy, Iraq, Health Care, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, One Year Later, World News
Rahim Kanani

With a litany of crises to deal with, now more than ever, President Obama needs his army of advocates once more to continue the fight for change.

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One Year Later: A Return to Normalcy

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Michelle Obama, Afghanistan, War, George W. Bush, Democratic Party, Barack Obama, Recession, Afghanistan War, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Change, Pennsylvania, One Year Later, Chicago, Fox News, Obama One Year Later, Lincoln Park, Republican Party, Health Care, Guantanomo Bay, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

Th Obama normalcy is a welcome relief from eight years of the Bush administration, but it is only a start. If Obama builds on this start with true reforms, much of the hope will come back.

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Wal-Mart Considering Expanding Into Urban Areas

ft.com | Jonathan Birchall | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Boston, Mike Duke, Chicago, Philadelphia, Eduardo Castro Wright, New York City, Business News

Walmart has stepped up efforts to mobilise local political support for new store openings in US cities and urban areas that were last month identified...

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Single-Eyed Vision

Robert Koehler | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Peace Circles, Environmentalism, Cooperation, Power, Indigenous People, National Parks, Chicago, Politics News
Robert Koehler

For all our material progress, for all our ability to dominate just about anything or anyone we encounter -- this is our history, our manifest destiny -- things are falling apart in every sector of society.

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For Chocolates, I'll Still Take France

Flora Lazar | Posted 10.28.2009 | New York

Read More: Paris, Chefs, Pastry, La Maison Du Chocolat, Chicago, Chocolate, Pennebaker Hegedus Films, New York, Salon Du Chocolat, Francois Pralus, Jean-Paul Hevin, Franck Fresson, Franck Kestener, New York News
Flora Lazar

With New York's own Chocolate Show coming up soon, I am compelled to report that for confections, France is still "vaut le voyage," or worth the trip.

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Solar Is Coming to Town -- Price Shifts, Market Changes And Policy Opportunities to Grow the Midwest's Green Economy

Howard Learner | Posted 10.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Solar Energy, Chicago, Green, Environment, Clean Energy, Green Economy, Energy Policy, Solar Power, Global Warming, Green News
Howard Learner

Everyone is in search of which clean energy option will be the US's savior from fossil fuels. While wind looks promising, a perfect storm of opportunities might make solar the best game in town.

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