Cycle of injustice continues as blacks still ticketed at far higher rates for biking violations.
Tag: Jr.
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The pattern to Rahm’s sexual predator, filthy schools, and special ed scandals
If anything points to the need for an elected CPS school board that’s independent of the mayor, this is it.
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Dido and Aeneas at the revamped Harris Theater
Mark Morris is conducting, not dancing, but his Dido and Aeneas at the Harris Theater is still fascinating.
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On the list of obscenity-laced rants by Chicago personalities, this voice-mail message to Alderman Danny Solis ranks high
Deciphering Eddie Acevedo Jr.’s late-night motherbleepin’ phone call to the 25th Ward alderman.
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Struggling Chicago State is the most visible pawn in Illinois’s budget standoff
And an unlikely leader in the debate over higher-education funding.
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Don’t go to the library on MLK Day
All Chicago Public Libraries will be closed January 19; is that a good way to honor Martin Luther King?
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Hey, Mayor Rahm—North Lawndale is good enough for a presidential library
Apparently the city thinks North Lawndale is OK for an illegal garbage dump, but not a presidential library.
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Stromboli, Quills, and other Reader-recommended movies to watch online this week
Reader film capsules guide what you should watch online.
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“The Distance Between”: Longer in the rain
Weather marred the opening of the University of Chicago Logan Center/Arts Incubator show “The Distance Between.”
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Springtime for poor people in Chicago
The “walk-the-walk” school-closing march—poor people never had it as good as they do in Mayor Emanuel’s Chicago.
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Artist Martyl Langsdorf, mistress of Schweikher House and creator of the world’s scariest logo
Martyl Langsdorf, creator of the world’s scariest logo, was the last resident of Schweikher House, Schaumburg’s claim to architectural history fame.
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Morning Newsfeed: The iPad Kills Jobs, Record Spring Snowfall, Tax Day Tea Party Rant, and More
The Irish student beaten in a Bucktown baseball bat attack last year is struggling to recover. (Sun-Times) Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. says the iPad is responsible for killing American jobs. Well, “probably,” at least. (Real Clear Politics) The snow that you saw on the ground this morning is part of a record snowfall for spring, […]
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MLK blogging: From their archives, to my archives, to you
The widespread acceptance of Martin Luther King, Jr. took longer than you might think.
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The inevitable William F. Buckley, Jr. roundup
A William F. Buckley, Jr. obit omnibus.