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Women's images in the media
Columnist Dawn Turner Trice recently wrote about the documentary "Miss Representation," which focused on female body image and media gender bias over the decades.
"The film, 'Miss Representation,' really resonated with me," Dawn wrote to me in an email...Tags: Vice (movie), Facebook, Entertainment, OWN (tv network), Movies
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Army & Lou's, one of the last soul-food icons, closes
Tribune columnistSince 1945, when William and Luvilla Armstrong opened Army & Lou’s on East 75th Street, the home-style eatery has catered to luminaries and regular folk alike in a way that made it more than just a soul food restaurant. It became known around the...Tags: Facebook, Government, Economy, Business and Finance, Elections, Public Officials
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When race is relevant in news coverage
This week the Chicago Tribune published several news stories and related columns about assaults by groups of youths in the Streeterville area of downtown Chicago. More coverage appears Sunday.
A number of readers have asked why we have not included...Tags: Michigan, Crime, Law and Justice, Streeterville, John Kass, Mary Schmich
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Race, politics and power
Chicago gave the nation its first African-American president, but the only wide-open mayoral election in recent memory may prove the acid test for how far the city has come in transcending its bitter legacy of racial politics.
A political land rush began...Tags: Elections, Roseland, National or Ethnic Minorities, African Americans, Local Elections
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Social worker shares his struggle
Chicago Tribune Staff WriterWhile pursuing a bachelor's degree in psychology at Bradley University, Jason Langman studied mental illness in a theoretical, almost antiseptic way. After graduating, he found jobs working as a social worker, counseling people who were so anxious and...Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Health, Mental Health, Career and Workplace, Philosophy
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'MLK is smiling today'
Standing on the steps of Constitution Hall, holding a sign reading, "MLK is smiling today" was Medina Thiam, 30, who came all the way from Guinea for the historic event. She is not an American but was holding an American flag. "It's for the world,"...Tags: Barack Obama, Cell Phones, Justice and Rights, Hot Dogs, Montgomery (Montgomery, Alabama)
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Clinton: Most famous. Least known?
Tribune staff reportersWhen Hillary Clinton opened her Washington townhouse for a political fundraiser last fall, the highlight for a select few came after the movers and shakers wrote their checks and left. Despite her fame and power, Clinton keeps in regular touch with the...Tags: Health, Government, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Illegal Immigrants, Elections
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Transformed by Obama's win
Tribune reportersOn the day after Barack Obama was elected president, James Thindwa made an effort to approach life with a new outlook. He stood a bit taller and looked at children who are black like him through a lens of hopefulness and not of despair. "People on the...Tags: Barack Obama, Justice and Rights, Elections, Berkeley (Alameda, California), African Americans
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Seen and heard around and about the DNC
"He even looks dashing in a Santa suit." -- Elizabeth Edwards, introducing John Edwards "USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!" -- chanted by the delegates after a corps of retired generals and admirals took the stage to endorse John Kerry -- Los Angeles Times staff...Tags: Barack Obama, Demonstration, Arizona, Chicago Cubs, Gays and Lesbians
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Bittersweet memories of lives cut short
In a Virginia garden, a family will hold a memorial service for a woman missing in the rubble at the Pentagon. Her body has not been found, but the family desperately wants to find some way to honor her now. So Monday, they will celebrate a life in a...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, England, Crimes, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Unrest, Conflicts and War
Sep 6, 2011
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Nov 27, 2007
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