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Ramadan And The Riots: A Spiritual Agitation

Rami Nashashibi | Posted 10.17.2011 | Religion
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Rami Nashashibi

Ramadan challenges us to care and even feel implicated in the gross inequities that unfortunately characterize life in many of our major cities and society at large.

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Chicago Riots: New Roller Derby League Welcomes Teens

Gapers Block | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
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Two women stand along the sideboards in a medium-size gym, watching their daughters skate in circles. Suddenly, a girl hits the floor. Hard. Quickly, ...

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Mayor Daley Called LBJ After King Assassination: 'We're In Trouble'

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
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Never-before-heard recordings of Daley, father of Chicago's current mayor, and Johnson discussing sending troops to the city were released Tuesday by ...

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Hot Flashes From the End of the Trail

Alison Teal | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Election Protection, Election Night, Election Day, Sam Brown, Ernest Green, American City, Wesley Clark, Election, 1968, Forty Years Ago, Obama Chicago, Obama Grant Park, Political Activism, Abraham Lincoln, Political Fundraising, Chicago Riots, HuffPost Election Reaction, Obama Presidency, Politics News
Alison Teal

I told Clark how much I admired him and his campaign and with tears streaming down his face, he said, "That was just a lucky moment in time for me. This, this is history."

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Whole World Watching Grant Park, Again

Howard Wolinsky | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Hippies, Mayor Richard Daley, Barack Obama, Yippies, Grant Park Rally, Obama Rally, Chicago Riots, Obama Victory, Grant Park, Chicago News
Howard Wolinsky

American flags were waving Tuesday night over Grant Park as they celebrated the Obama win. Back in '68, the riot in Grant Park started when a protester tried to lower an American flag.

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