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Jane Addams

The End of Identity Politics: A Wake Up Call for Feminists

Judi Jennings | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics

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Judi Jennings

Ask yourself when and why feminists stopped talking about peace and started talking about being tough enough to go to war, and think about what that means.

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Chi-Town Activists? Joke Is On GOP

Robert Reed | Posted 10.05.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Giuliani Speech, Republican Attacks, GOP Attacks, Palin Obama, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Mary Nelson, Palin Community Organizers, Florence Scala, Rudy Giuliani, Community Organizers, Jane Addams, GOP and Organizers, Obama Community Organizer, Palin Speech, Gail Cincotta, Chicago Activism, Chicago News
Robert Reed

Only someone with a sick sense of humor would deride activists who toil in Chicago's worst neighborhoods, dedicating time and effort to providing poor and disenfranchised citizens with a voice in the political and social process.

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76 Years After Her Nobel Prize, A Tollway for Jane Addams

Jane Dwyre Garton | Posted 08.22.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Louise Knight, Illinois Tollways, Rockford College, Jane Addams, Nobel Peace Prize, Sen. Mattie Hunter, Hull House, Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie, Giola Diliberto, Dongola, Chicago News
Jane Dwyre Garton

The fact that it took decades to celebrate a social justice icon this way will likely be lost eventually in the institutionalization of the place where people commute.

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