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    May 10, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. By the numbers, how Rahm could lose in 2015

    A new Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows that, halfway through his first term, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's overall disapproval rating is up 11 percentage points over a year ago. Four in 10 Chicago voters — and nearly half of the city's African-American voters — say they're dissatisfied with the job he's doing.
    A new Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows that, halfway through his first term, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's overall disapproval rating is up 11 percentage points over a year ago. Four in 10 Chicago voters — and nearly half of the city's African-American voters...

    Tags: Elections, Chicago Elections, Chicago Teachers Union, Rahm Emanuel, Local Elections

    2. May 8, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  2. Are you (fill in the blank) enough?

    WASHINGTON -- Enough with this "enough" business.
    WASHINGTON -- Enough with this "enough" business. Latest to the question of whether a person is sufficiently identifiable as belonging to a particular demographic is Ted Cruz -- the conservative Texas senator who happens to be of Hispanic descent. But...

    Tags: Ted Cruz, Minority Groups, Immigration, Republican Party, Demographics

    3. May 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Former Gov. Mark Sanford wins South Carolina House seat

    WASHINGTON — Two years after Mark Sanford left the South Carolina governor’s office tarred by an adultery scandal, he has completed an unlikely political comeback to win a special congressional election. Sanford defeated Democratic neophyte...

    Tags: Elections, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Steve Israel, Government

    4. May 3, 2013 |Story| Herald Mail

  4. George Michael: Pretty blue in blue states

    A recent article in the real estate section of MSN.com, written by Kurt Badenhausen of Forbes Magazine, was titled “America’s Most Miserable Cities of 2013.” The article ranked American cities based on metrics that included violent...

    Tags: Barack Obama, Bronx (New York City), Queens (New York City), Real Estate, Taxation

    5. Apr 28, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  5. '42' in the Windy City

    When Jackie Robinson and the Brooklyn Dodgers brought their historic roadshow to Chicago a few weeks into the 1947 season, a record crowd of 46,572 people crammed into Wrigley Field, and 20,000 more stood outside wishing they could get in. After the game, fans clambered up the sides of the Dodgers' team bus, hoping for a glimpse of the man who broke major league baseball's color barrier, a milestone chronicled in the recently released movie "42."
    Chicago Tribune reporter
    When Jackie Robinson and the Brooklyn Dodgers brought their historic roadshow to Chicago a few weeks into the 1947 season, a record crowd of 46,572 people crammed into Wrigley Field, and 20,000 more stood outside wishing they could get in. After the game,...

    Tags: Jackie Robinson, American League, St. Louis Cardinals, Career and Workplace, Baseball

    6. Apr 17, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  6. Race and crime in Baltimore

    It's unfortunate when an everyday accident happens but it's sad when columnist <a href="http://bio.tribune.com/DanRodricks">Dan Rodricks</a> and Michael Hanchard use it to play the race card ("Man sees race, indifference in experience with Baltimore police," April 13).
    It's unfortunate when an everyday accident happens but it's sad when columnist Dan Rodricks and Michael Hanchard use it to play the race card ("Man sees race, indifference in experience with Baltimore police," April 13). First, if as Michael Hanchard...
    7. Apr 10, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. What election?

    I was looking over the results of the various county and township elections across Chicagoland this morning.  Robin Kelly won Jesse Jackson's old congressional seat; not really a surprise but the turnout in that district was 20 percent of the electorate. ...

    Tags: Elections, Politics

    8. Apr 4, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. On stage and in memory, oppression of the past still haunts Zimbabwe [Commentary]

    Earlier this year, I saw a powerful play set in Zimbabwe in the 1890s (when it was called Rhodesia) that brought back some disturbing memories of my visit there about 15 years ago. "The Convert," the first in a trilogy being written by Zimbabwean award-...

    Tags: Government, Basketball, Religion and Belief, Robert Mugabe, Politics

    9. Apr 4, 2013 |Story| Winchester Sun

  9. 25 Years Ago: April 4, 2013

    April 4, 1988
    April 4, 1988 Patrick Reynolds, soon to be 3 years old, and 7-month-old cousin David Jeramy Goolman, both whom suffer from cystic fibrosis, will be on hand for the annual Clark County Cystic Fibrosis Walkathon held at the George Rogers Clark High...

    Tags: Cystic Fibrosis, Martin Luther King Jr.

    10. Mar 29, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  10. 50 years of Chicago's WVON: A Chicago voice that echoes nationwide

    In the volatile world of radio, almost nothing lasts half a century.
    In the volatile world of radio, almost nothing lasts half a century. But a great Chicago radio station — WVON-AM 1690 — has managed the feat: The institution marks its 50th anniversary Monday and celebrates with a concert featuring Toni...

    Tags: Chicago Elections, Television Industry, Marshall Field, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Malcolm X

    11. Mar 28, 2013 | Chicago Tribune

  11. 'Whose schools? Our schools!'

    Change of Subject
    By Jessica Reynolds I attended the Chicago Teachers Union rally and march yesterday — as an objective spectator — along with the new editorial board intern David Uberti. Those of you who have read the Tribune's editorials on CPS closings......
    12. Mar 27, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. Cubs should dump Chicago

    It’s time for the Cubs to move out of Wrigley Field and leave Chicago! Tom Ricketts bought this team and he should have the right to run his business as he sees fit. He should not be held hostage by a money-greedy, dictatorial mayor who even tells...

    Tags: Thomas M. Tunney, Blackmail and Extortion, Political Corruption, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago City Hall

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