December 2009
56 posts
Chicago Enters The Superhighway To Curing Blood... →
The sad reality is that every 4 minutes someone will be diagnosed with and every 10 minutes someone will die of blood cancer — the various forms of lymphoma, leukemia, and myeloma. An estimated…
On the Offensive Against Gerrymandering →
Coalition Seeks to Take Legislative Redistricting from Illinois Politicians
Petition Drive Underway
A coalition of reform advocates has created an initiative that could take legislative…
CPS Replaces Race with Socio-Economic Formula for... →
Chicago Public School officials announced a new admission plan to maintain diversity by using socio-economic status versus race factors for selective enrollment and magnet schools
Selective…
A Bird in the Church: Chicago Musician Andrew Bird... →
Andrew Bird at Fourth Presbyterian Church, by Joshua Mellin
Along a frozen Michigan Avenue, amongst towering skyscrapers, a Bird’s somber whistle fills a golden trimmed wood cathedral….
Green, Organic Approach and Rooftop Farm Sets... →
With two restaurants located in the city, Uncommon Ground’s unique focus on fresh and organic goes from the food served to hungry customers to the rooftop farm that makes it an eco-friendly…
Somali Finds Refuge in Albany Park English Class →
Yasmin Mohamed, a Somali refugee living in Chicago, endured one of the globe’s greatest humanitarian crises, but understanding her future means journeying to ZIP code 60625.
Four mornings a week…
White Sox Marketing Chief Talks Baseball, Business... →
Chicago White Sox vice-president and chief marketing officer Brooks Boyer was informative, insightful and entertaining during his lecture at Saint Xavier University on Dec. 16. He was no match…
Local Student’s Green Life Gets Her to Sundance →
Brittany Frandsen, a 20-year-old film student at Columbia College Chicago, is on her way to the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, but not because of a film. It was her environmentally…
Creating a New Path: A North Lawndale Mentoring... →
Every morning, 16-year-old Justice McKinnley wakes up to the harsh reality that her father is not there; her father is in prison. She’s dealt with this for four years now, and her dad’s not due home…
Poynter Online - Al's Morning Meeting →
Public Radio Reporter Uses Live Chats to Cover Breaking News
Posted by Al Tompkins at 12:01 AM on Dec. 21, 2009 The National Transportation Safety Board recently released a cache of documents from its investigation into why some Northwest airline pilots strayed 100 miles off course. If you had gone to Minnesota Public Radio’s News Cut Web site, you would have seen Minnesota Public...
Will a New Residential Development Rise from the... →
In years past, U.S. Steel’s South Works plant in South Chicago gushed flame and created towering piles of slag as it forged the steel that built skyscrapers around Chicago and across the country….
Got Smartphone, Find Clean Transportation →
Just in time for the holidays comes “City-Go-Round,” a site that lets you plug in an address or zipcode and get back links, descriptions and even ratings of various apps that track or locate
It’s not just the demise of publishing, it’s the... →
Slashdot Your Rights Online Story | Yes, Google... →
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“Spectrum is very much a part of addressing competition. One of the reasons we...”
– Competition At Heart of FCC Broadband Plan - Reviews by PC Magazine
Poynter Online - E-Media Tidbits →
Paul Bradshaw’s meta-narrative about the work of journalism, in this case who owns the interview - very interesting.
A Journey of Immigration and Education from Bosnia... →
Naida Okanovic remembers as a child reading a textbook her mother copiously hand duplicated word for word by candlelight in the refuge of a basement in Bosnia. The walls surrounding her shook as…
FCC Coming to Town →
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The Federal Communications Commission is holding a public hearing in Chicago on Monday, Dec. 21 on the future of the Internet, specifically on the…
“Bubble Ordinance” Causing Some Anti-Abortion... →
Corrina Gura still goes out to the Near North Planned Parenthood on Saturday mornings, bundled up and armed with stacks of leaflets. But since the city’s “bubble ordinance” took effect last month,…
Historic Property Near Armitage Station Back on... →
The Chicago Transit Authority voted last week to put a vacant, historically significant property in the Armitage-Halsted Landmark District at 939 W. Armitage Ave. back on the real estate market.
The Queen Anne-style property in
CTA Service Cuts and Layoffs Would Hit Underserved... →
Over 50 Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) workers and union representatives faced the chilling winter winds last week to protest proposed service cuts and layoffs, which protesters warn will leave…
2nd Ward Alderman Talks About His Budget “No” Vote →
It has been more than two weeks since the City Council approved Mayor Richard M. Daley’s $6.1 billion budget, but the questions about Chicago’s fiscal future will only get tougher, according to …
Plan Now for Spring Biking Convenience →
If you don’t ride a bike, you might think this is a trivial issue, but it is critical to making cycling a viable mode of transportation in an urban are. When you want to go into a store or lock…
Experts Suggest Changes to Legislative... →
Efforts to abolish the century-old Illinois General Assembly scholarship program have proven unsuccessful in the past, but outside of eliminating it altogether, higher education and financial aid…
For Richer or Poorer? Legislative Scholarships... →
The millions of dollars in scholarships Illinois lawmakers hand out each year to high school graduates in their districts could be better spent on students who couldn’t otherwise afford to go to…
State Legislative Scholarships Could Be Eliminated →
Illinois Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) plans to reform or possibly abolish the General Assembly scholarship program when the legislature returns to Springfield in January.
“We don’t…
'New Moon' director defends woman accused of... →
This is why we need a “cultural environmental” movement and a rebalancing of individual rights in the face of corporate economic power.
No Method to the Madness: State Scholarships Award... →
Gretchen Watson got an undergraduate degree and her master’s, too, thanks to the Illinois General Assembly scholarship program. For seven years, Watson, now an elementary school teacher, didn’t have…
Students’ Free Ride Proves Costly to Their... →
Someone has to pay for the millions of dollars in scholarships state legislators dole out each year – and that ends up being the rest of the students who attend Illinois’ public universities.
For…
Nobody’s Watching: Illinois Lawmakers Alone Decide... →
Marcie Gutierrez, a teacher at John Hay Elementary on Chicago’s West Side, wanted help paying for school when she attended the University of Illinois at Chicago to further her education. So she…
Some Illinois Lawmakers Turn a Right into a... →
Five Illinois lawmakers require students applying for a legislative scholarship to register to vote – a requirement that some experts say is inappropriate and discriminatory.
John Whitehead,…
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Clout or Coincidence? Some Legislators Keep... →
The Illinois General Assembly scholarships have become a family affair for dozens of siblings who’ve secured tens of thousands of dollars in free tuition to the state’s public universities since…
Evasive State Legislators Dodge Questions About... →
The phone calls started Sept. 15.
The journalist wanted to know how Sen. Mattie Hunter (D-Chicago) selects students in her Bronzeville district to receive free tuition at 12 Illinois…
Scholarships for Some Grad Students a Big Burden... →
Dozens of college graduates receive free tuition each year to dental, law and medical school through the Illinois legislative scholarship program, saving each winner thousands of dollars at the…
One Scholarship, 163 Ways to Dole It Out →
The Illinois General Assembly scholarship doesn’t work like other scholarships.
Some students win it because they have the right connections. Others don’t face much competition for the award – a…
City-Wide Day of Healing to Offer a Safe Space for... →
Prayer Circle Invitation
Communities from north to south, across Chicago have been plagued with mindless violence this year. Join in a city-wide “Day of Healing” next Tuesday,…
Policy- makers are all in our minds | Philadelphia... →
Behavioral economics and public policy
Santa Claus Comes to Austin →
As Jennifer T. Lacey reports, Santa Claus has arrived in Austin on the West Side, and it was a huge, community-wide event that brought out kids of all ages. The new parade and tradition means a lot…
New Eco-Friendly North Lawndale School: From Power... →
The massive brick building at 931 S. Homan Ave. once housed a power plant to provide electricity and heat for the adjacent Sears & Roebuck headquarters. Now the building powers the minds of young…
Program Sparks Interests in Health Care in Morgan... →
As in many low-income neighborhoods nationwide, health care access is a serious problem in Morgan Park on the South Side of Chicago.
But a national program, the Health Careers Opportunity Program,…
Recession Proof? Chicago Theatre Scene Still... →
Economically, times are tough, but Chicago’s theatre scene is still thriving. There are good deals to be had, and many holiday-themed shows are being staged now, as Carla Pesono reports in this news…
Defining “Transgender” in Chicago →
In this video feature, Chicagoans are asked to define what “transgender” means, with an inside perspective from someone who identifies as “trans.” Even within the LGBT community, there can sometimes…
MediaShift . How Programmer/Journalists Craft... →
DIY Hack Your Way to a Better Government →
The local group OpenGovChicago is having a Hackathon on December 13 at Columbia College. The details are still being hammered out. To start with, “hackers” aren’t bad guys or pirates. They’re…
War goes mainstream on the Internet, Facebook and... →
Whoa. Cutting out the middleman, when the middleman is the newsman…
Residents Rally to Save Lathrop Homes →
Residents of the Lathrop Homes public housing project ramped up their campaign to save the development on Wednesday, with leaders announcing that talks between a residents’ committee and the …
FT.com / Reportage - A future beyond the printed... →
coming this year? the better e-reader. color, flex screen?