Chicago Taps Parking Meters To Fund Homeless Shelters
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
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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.
Stage Door: Superior Donuts, The Understudy, Vamps
Fern Siegel | Posted 11.11.2009 | New York
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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.
An Open Letter to President Obama About Afghanistan From William R. Polk
The Nation | Posted 11.11.2009 | World
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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...
Poet Pride: A Charm City Classic on Film
Timothy Cooper | Posted 11.09.2009 | Entertainment
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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.
Howard Dean Stresses Importance of Grassroots Pressure on Public Option
Ellen Gill | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics
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Dean said that he thinks the public option should be Medicare, administered by the same agencies and under the same rules as Medicare.
A Hole in the Night
Robert Koehler | Posted 11.06.2009 | Chicago
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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.
Is Illinois Republican Governor Candidate Bill Brady a True Fiscal Conservative?
David Ormsby | Posted 11.04.2009 | Chicago
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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?
He Cannot Succeed Without Us: One Year After the Election of President Barack Obama
Rahim Kanani | Posted 11.03.2009 | World
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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.
One Year Later: A Return to Normalcy
Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics
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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.
Wal-Mart Considering Expanding Into Urban Areas
ft.com | Jonathan Birchall | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business
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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...
Single-Eyed Vision
Robert Koehler | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics
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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.
For Chocolates, I'll Still Take France
Flora Lazar | Posted 10.28.2009 | New York
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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.
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
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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.
Gillian Flynn on The Interview Show
Mark Bazer | Posted 10.27.2009 | Chicago
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Novelist Gillian Flynn ("Dark Places," "Sharp Objects") appeared on The Interview Show, to discuss her work, devil worship, and watching porn at slumber parties as a kid.
How Green is Chicago? Eight Arrested at Deadly Fisk Coal-Fired Plant
Jeff Biggers | Posted 10.27.2009 | Chicago
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The Chicago activists called attention to the deadly life cycle of coal mining and coal burning -- including the burning of coal strip-mined from mountaintop removal operations in Appalachia.
Back to Business as Usual
Michael Moreci | Posted 10.27.2009 | Chicago
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A month after the city was rebuffed in its Olympics bid, the financial hand wringing has returned. The smokescreen Daley spread over the city's economic disasters for the IOC has dissipated.
All the News That's Fit to Print
Michael Jones | Posted 10.26.2009 | Chicago
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By reporting the facts, we can, as a society, stop what is really causing young inner city girls to believe that their economic worth extends no further than child assistance checks.
The American Bankers Association's 15 Minutes of Fame in Chicago
Dean Baker | Posted 10.26.2009 | Business
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Like termites, the American Bankers Association does most of its damage in the dark. But the ABA is getting a brief period in the limelight this week as a result of the Showdown in Chicago.
Opening Night in Chicago: Senator Durbin Denounces Unfairness; Calls for Reform
Rob Johnson | Posted 10.26.2009 | Business
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The question most asked here is "how long can this go on? Bailouts for the ones who created the mess, bankers acting like they earned it, and Congress pretending to reform the system.
My City Is Being Invaded by Banksters
Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 10.24.2009 | Business
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In mere days, my city, Chicago will be overrun by the worst of the worst. The lowest of the low. Criminals who have affected more lives than any mug...
Crash the Bankers' Party in Chicago
Anna Burger | Posted 10.22.2009 | Business
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If you could get all the architects of the Wall Street scam together in one place, what would you say to them? They'll all be in Chicago this weekend -- and we're headed there to meet them.
Chicago Named America's Most Stressed Out City
Shiny Objects | Houson Lady | Posted 10.22.2009 | Living
There's a budget crisis, a fourth-place finish in the 2016 Olympic bid, a pair of losing baseball teams and corruption, corruption, corruption. It's ...
Showdown in Chicago: Creating a "Which Side Are You On" Moment
George Goehl | Posted 10.22.2009 | Business
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Until our elected officials know there is a price to pay for siding with big money over everyday people, the average American will continue be on the losing end.
Showdown in Chicago
Richard Trumka | Posted 10.22.2009 | Business
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We're gathering outside the American Bankers Association meeting to demand reform that will allow us to rebuild our communities, our lives and the real economy. We've got a lot to rebuild.
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