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Can the Blues Rescue the Mississippi Delta? Part 3

Debra Devi | Posted 03.26.2013 | Arts
Read More: History, Entrepreneurship, Howlin Wolf, Video, Slavery, Economics, Hubert Sumlin, Steve LaVere, Blues Music, Blues Legends, The South, Black History, Robert Johnson, Blues Tourism, Bobby Rush, Delta Blues, History of Blues, Blues Musicians, Charlie Pattorn, Mississippi Delta, Blues, Dockery Farms, American Blues Scene, Milton Campbell, Robert Jr. Lockwood, Mississippi, Delta, Culture News, African Americans, Arts News, African-American History, Arts News
Debra Devi

On my Mississippi Delta book tour for The Language of the Blues: From Alcorub to Zuzu I met people working together to develop a blues tourism industry with the potential to economically rescue the Delta -- the poorest region in our nation.

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Can the Blues Rescue the Mississippi Delta? Part 2

Debra Devi | Posted 05.19.2013 | Arts
Read More: The South, Economics, Steve LaVere, Delta Blues, African-American History, Culture News, History, Video, Bobby Rush, Mississippi, Blues Legends, Slavery, Dockery Farms, Delta, Milton Campbell, African Americans, Howlin Wolf, Hubert Sumlin, Blues, Robert Johnson, Blues Tourism, Blues Musicians, Arts News, Charlie Pattorn, Mississippi Delta, Black History, Robert Jr. Lockwood, Blues Music, American Blues Scene, History of Blues, Entrepreneurship, Arts News
Debra Devi

"They say that so-called twelve-bar stuff is the black man's blues and country western of that day was the white man's blues, but there's a very thin line between the two musics. Only difference is the beat, and the bars to some extent, but the stories of happiness, sadness, being lonesome. All that was the same."

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Can the Blues Rescue the Mississippi Delta? Part 1

Debra Devi | Posted 05.11.2013 | Arts
Read More: Delta, Blues Music, African-American History, Blues, African Americans, Mississippi, The South, Mississippi Delta, History, Slavery, Blues Legends, Black History, Blues Tourism, History of Blues, Delta Blues, Blues Musicians, Arts News, Culture News, Howlin Wolf, Hubert Sumlin, Steve LaVere, Robert Johnson, Bobby Rush, Charlie Pattorn, Dockery Farms, American Blues Scene, Milton Campbell, Robert Jr. Lockwood, Arts News
Debra Devi

If you haven't paid a visit to the Mississippi Delta yet, plan one now to this starkly beautiful, richly musical place. You'll thank me as you roll down 61, with cotton fields fanning out on either side under an impossibly wide blue sky.

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Joe Walsh Blasts First Lady For Attending Hadiya Pendleton Funeral

Posted 02.08.2013 | Chicago
Read More: Bobby Rush, Michelle Obama, Michelle Obama Hadiya Pendleton Funeral, Joe Walsh Hadiya Pendleton Funeral, Chicago Crime, Hadiya Pendleton, Joe Walsh Michelle Obama, Hadiya Pendleton Death, Hadiya Pendleton Funeral, Joe Walsh Michelle Obama Funeral, Joe Walsh, Chicago News

Making good on his threat promise that he's not going away, ex-Congressman Joe Walsh reared his head Friday morning to blast the first lady for travel...

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Gun Violence Debate Highly Personal For Some Lawmakers

Reuters | Posted 03.25.2013 | Politics
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* Congress group includes crime witness, accident victim * Sense grows that time is ripe for gun control By Thomas Ferra...

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Video Of Alleged CVS Shoplifter's Killing Prompts Call For New Probe

Posted 01.18.2013 | Chicago
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After the leaking of a disturbing video showing the final moments of Anthony Kyser being attacked and killed by the manager of a CVS pharmacy in Chica...

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WATCH: Chicagoans React To Zimmerman's Murder Charge

Posted 04.12.2012 | Chicago
Read More: Video, George Zimmerman, Bobby Rush, Michael Pfleger, Trayvon Martin, Mark O'Mara, Trayvon Martin Chicago, Ira Acree, Bobby Rush Trayvon Martin, Jesse Jackson, Trayvon Martin Chicago Reaction, Trayvon Martin Chicago Rally, Chicago News

Chicago natives who have spoken out against the shooting of unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Florida were relieved when George Zimmerman, who kil...

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Bravo Congressman Rush

Hermene Hartman | Posted 06.02.2012 | Chicago
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Hermene Hartman

Bobby Rush used the hoodie and sunglasses to symbolize the sterotype of the black male of the street and to dramatize the racial profiling that goes on in America with the ordinary black male John Does daily.

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Allen West Slams Bobby Rush For Wearing Hoodie On House Floor

The Huffington Post | Max J. Rosenthal | Posted 03.29.2012 | Politics
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On the "Laura Ingraham Show" on Thursday morning, Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) attacked Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) for wearing a hooded sweatshirt on the Ho...

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Jennifer Bendery

Pelosi: Rep. Who Wore Hoodie On House Floor 'Deserves A Great Deal Of Credit'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 03.29.2012 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday praised Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) for wearing a hoodie on the House floor in pr...

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Joe Walsh: Bobby Rush Should Be Outraged About 'Black On Black' Crime In Chicago

Posted 03.29.2012 | Chicago
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U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) weighed in on the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin Wednesday, and said he hopes those outraged about the unarmed black...

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John Boehner Weighs In On Bobby Rush Hoodie

Posted 03.29.2012 | Politics
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House Speaker John Boehner commented Thursday on the hoodie Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) was thrown off the House floor for wearing. "I think the rule...

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Bobby Rush, Not The First To Violate Hat Rule

The Huffington Post | Leigh Owens | Posted 03.28.2012 | Politics
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On Wednesday, Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) was escorted off the House floor for wearing a hoodie in honor of Trayvon Martin, the teenager killed in Florid...

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Jennifer Bendery

Trayvon Martin: Rep. Bobby Rush Thrown Off House Floor For Wearing Hoodie

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 04.02.2012 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) was thrown off the House floor Wednesday after wearing a hoodie and sunglasses in protest of the Trayvon Martin...

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Does Rahm Emanuel's Endorsement Help Christian Mitchell in Legislative Primary Fight?

David Ormsby | Posted 05.02.2012 | Chicago
Read More: Governor Pat Quinn, Danny Davis, Bobby Rush, Illinois Politics, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Jesse Jackson Jr, Chicago News, Chicago Politics, Toni Preckwinkle, Kenny Johnson, Christian Mitchell, Mayor Richard Daley, Chicago News
David Ormsby

Mayor Rahm Emanuel has been actively wading into Democratic legislative primary fights. And Emanuel did so again recently, throwing his support to Christian Mitchell. What will Rahm's support reel in that Mitchell lacks?

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Congressman Compares NCAA To Mafia

AP | FREDERIC J. FROMMER | Posted 01.01.2012 | Sports
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WASHINGTON — A Democratic congressman compared the NCAA to the Mafia over how it controls the lives of student athletes. "I think they're just ...

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Black Democrats Join GOP In Criticisms Of Illinois Redistricting

Posted 11.22.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Danny Davis, Black Democrats, Reelection, Bobby Rush, Redistricting, Jesse Jackson Jr., Gop Lawsuit, Black Caucus, Joe Walsh, Voting Rights, Chicago News

Story has been updated with additional comments from Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. Three African-American congressmen from Illinois have expressed concer...

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WATCH: Thousands Pack Into South Side Job Fair

Posted 10.11.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Video, Bobby Rush, Illinois Unemployment, Unemployment, President Obama, Crowded Job Fair, Underemployment, Packed Job Fair, Jobs, Obama, Illinois Jobs, Job Fair, Chicago Unemployment, Chicago News

While unemployment numbers fell slightly nationwide this week, there are still thousands without jobs in the Chicago area-- and some 7,000 jobseekers ...

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The Maid and the Millionaire

Rep. Bobby Rush | Posted 10.04.2011 | Black Voices
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Rep. Bobby Rush

I have to say it, even if nobody else wants to. I think we need to have a national conversation about how "we the people" have reacted to the alleged sexual assault of Nafissatou Diallo by Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

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Police Chief, Congressman Speak Out On Flash Mob Violence

Posted 08.07.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Bobby Rush, Bobby Rush Flash Mobs, Chicago Flash Mobs, Chicago, Garry McCarthy, Flash Mob Violence, Illinois, Garry Mccarthy Flash Mobs, Chicago News

After a weekend of violence in an upscale Chicago neighborhood, city leaders are speaking out about the growing discussion of crimes perpetrated by yo...

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Lucia Graves

House Republicans Mock Claim Koch Brothers Could Benefit From Oil Pipeline

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 07.24.2011 | Green
Read More: Tar Sands, Transcanada, George Soros, Alberta Tar Sands, Fred Upton, Bobby Rush, Koch Brothers, Koch, Oil Pipeline, 112th Congress, Henry Waxman, Energy and Commerce Committee, Video, Green News

WASHINGTON -- At a hearing on the approval of the Keystone XL, a controversial oil pipeline that would expand Canada's oil sand imports to refineries ...

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Democrats Probe Koch's Interest In Oil Sands Pipe

Reuters | Posted 07.21.2011 | Politics
Read More: Fred Upton, Bobby Rush, Koch Oil Pipeline, Koch Bros, Ed Whitfield, Koch Brothers Oil Pipeline, Henry Waxman, Koch Brothers, Koch Bros Oil Pipeline, Politics News

Democratic U.S. lawmakers have asked Congressional panels to look into whether Koch, an energy company led by brothers who are powerhouses in conserva...

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Un-American, Anti-Muslim Hearings Serve No Useful Purpose

Rep. Bobby Rush | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Rep. Keith Ellison, Sheriff Lee Baca, Weather Underground, Bobby Rush, Terry Nichols, Terrorists, Rep. Peter King, Muslims, Timothy McVeigh, Ku Klux Klan, Arlington National Cemetery, Muslim Americans, WW II Internment Camps, Denis McDonough, Ted Kaczynski, Japanese Americans, Eric Rudolph, Politics News
Rep. Bobby Rush

I want my Muslim brothers and sisters to know that Thursday was not a day that brought honor to the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Accountability: Who Else Will Go the Way of Congressman Bobby Rush?

James Rucker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Telecommunications, Colorofchange, Bobby Rush, ColorOfChange.Org, Petition, Net Neutrality, Politics News
James Rucker

No member of Congress is beyond reproach. Every member of Congress should be open scrutiny of their record, and every member should be judged by his or her record. It's critical to an effective democracy.

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Make No Mistake, Color of Change Does Not Represent Black Interests

Rep. Bobby Rush | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Bobby Rush, Color of Change, 112th Congress, Rainbow PUSH Coalition, Energy and Commerce Committee, African American Media, James Rucker, Ditigal Divide, Device Divide, Communications and Technology Subcommittee, Naacp, Silicon Valley, Politics News
Rep. Bobby Rush

The Internet advocacy organization Color of Change is not as focused on the needs and interests of African Americans and communities of color as they ...

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