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Genius: a Talk With Edwidge Danticat

Martha St Jean | Posted 09.24.2009 | World

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"When [my first novel] was just published, people walked up to me and told me that someone who worked at their house is Haitian," Danticat said. "Now there are a number of people telling me that their doctor is Haitian."

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How Does a Genius Spend $500,000?

Tom Roston | Posted 11.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Macarthur Foundation, Genius Grant, MacArthur Genius Grant, Who Won Genius Grant, Living News

On Tuesday, the 2009 recipients of the MacArthur Fellowship, otherwise known as the "genius grant," are announced. How do geniuses spend $500,000 in prize money? Here's what they said.

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MacArthur Genius List: 2009 Grant Winners Announced

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 11.21.2009 | Home

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The following 24 fellows each will receive $500,000 over the next five years from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation: _Lynsey Addario,...

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MacArthur Genius Award-Winners: Foundation Awards Grants

AP | By DON BABWIN | Posted 11.21.2009 | Home

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CHICAGO (AP)-- A newspaper reporter who refuses to forget decades-old murders and a law professor trying to get people to forget the way they think ab...

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Chicago News Blogs Have Put Enough Skin in the Game

Sally Duros | Posted 07.09.2009 | Chicago

For nearly two decades, newspapers have been challenged to evolve into knowledge-based organizations capable of adapting to the innovations of the Web. Instead of progressing, they've been traded as chits in a greedy money-grab game by short-sighted media conglomerates.

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Dying to Give Life

Tamar Abrams | Posted 06.26.2009 | World

Read More: Birth, Macarthur Foundation, Family Planning, Pathfinder International, Life Wrap, Pregnancy, India, Nigeria, Maternal Mortality, Childbirth, World News

Without adequate family planning programs in the developing world -- and here in the U.S. -- women will always be at unacceptably high risk of death, illness and disability.

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Plug The Budget Gap With Juvenile Justice Reform

Paula Wolff | Posted 05.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois Juvenile Justice, Illinois Budget Deficit, Redeploy Illinois, Illinois Department of Corrections, Macarthur Foundation, Prison Reform, Illinois Prisons, Prison Industry, Chicago News

A citizens' group has been appointed to find places to cut the budget. One of the first places they should look is the Department of Corrections, which spends a shocking $1.4 billion each year to lock up 45,000 people.

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Report from Rio: Men and Boys in Gender Equality

Pedro C. Moreno | Posted 05.02.2009 | World

What is striking about this meeting is the number of men involved -- accounting for at least half the attendants. A far cry compared to other gatherings on women.

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