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Author Archives: Robert McClory

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Medical Miracles

by Robert McClory September 18, 1997August 20, 2021

At Saint Basil’s Free People’s clinic, the only thing missing is a billing department.

Posted inNews & Politics

No Dice

by Robert McClory April 10, 1997August 20, 2021

“This is a street fight,” says anti-casino crusader Tom Grey. “This is no church picnic.”

Posted inNews & Politics

Full Pardon

by Robert McClory January 16, 1997August 20, 2021

Murder, Revenge and the Power of Forgiveness

Posted inNews & Politics

Angel of Mercy

by Robert McClory September 12, 1996August 20, 2021

Joy Darrow: activist, journalist, giver of shelter. Was she looking for peace or had she already found it?

Posted inNews & Politics

Reading, Writing, and Righteousness

by Robert McClory July 4, 1996August 20, 2021

Why are people so crazy about home schooling?

Posted inNews & Politics

Freedom Fighter

by Robert McClory April 18, 1996August 20, 2021

Howard Saffold battled racism as a leader of the Afro-American Patrolman’s League. then he helped get Harold Washington elected and served as his security chief. Now he’s trying to rehabilitate ex-cons and get prisoners educated. You’d think he’d be getti

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War on War

by Robert McClory December 14, 1995August 20, 2021

Bosnia, Haiti, Iraq: peace activist Kathleen Kelly has put herself on the front lines of the world’s bloodiest conflicts.

Posted inNews & Politics

Quick: Who designed Water Tower Place?

by Robert McClory August 24, 1995August 20, 2021

Loebl Schlossman & Hackl, the Most Important Chicago Architectural Firm You Never Heard Of

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Young Masters

by Robert McClory May 4, 1995August 20, 2021

Grade school chess champions defend their state title.

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Televisionary

by Robert McClory January 12, 1995August 20, 2021

Denise Zaccardi wants to use TV to teach inner-city kids to look critically at their own lives and find solutions to the problems that cripple their communities. In short, she wants to change the world.

Posted inNews & Politics

Women of the Cloth

by Robert McClory August 11, 1994August 20, 2021

The Episcopal church has had women priests since 1977. How’s it working out?

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The Underside of the Fountain

by Robert McClory June 23, 1994August 20, 2021

One of the city’s best-loved landmarks is “in a state of imminent structural collapse.” Next month it will be shut down for a $2.2 million renovation.

Posted inArts & Culture

Group Efforts: a witness against capital punishment

by Robert McClory April 7, 1994August 20, 2021

If ever there was an organization fighting upstream, it’s the Illinois Coalition Against the Death Penalty. Abolishing capital punishment was hardly a popular idea with the general public in 1975, when the coalition was formed, and it’s even less so today. The approaching execution of mass murderer John Wayne Gacy, scheduled for May 10, doesn’t […]

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The Wizard

by Robert McClory April 7, 1994August 20, 2021

Scott Berenstein of the Center for Neighborhood Technology: Big Problems Require Small Solutions

Posted inNews & Politics

Best Foot Forward

by Robert McClory January 13, 1994August 20, 2021

An Account of the Amazing Life, Fertile Imagination, and Remarkable Industry of William Scholl, Foot Doctor to the World, Including a Small Controversy Concerning the Authenticity of His Credentials

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