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In Chicago, Discipline Gap Widens
In the decade since mass protests over the punishment of six Black students in Decatur, the state's racial gap in discipline has split wide open.
E2 nightclub owners sentenced to 2 years each
Not even a small army of Chicago's political elite testifying on their behalf could fend off prison terms for the two one-time owners of the E2 nightclub, scene of a horrific stampede that left 21 dead.
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Decade after Decatur, racial discipline gap widens
In the decade since mass protests over the punishment of six black students in Decatur, the state's racial gap in discipline has split wide open.
Expert: 'Mismatch' to blame for school race gap
A researcher says a "cultural mismatch" between teachers and students is partly to blame for a huge racial disparity in Illinois school discipline.
GOP calls out Jackson's take on health care and black manhood
Rev. Isaac C. Hayes, the GOP nominee in IL-2, has a problem with recent comments by the Rev.
Rants and Raves: Jackson wrong on Davis' decision
RANT: For the Rev. Jesse Jackson's obvious shot at U.S. Rep. Artur Davis, D-Ala., for voting against health care reform legislation.
Rev. Jesse Jackson slams Artur Davis over health care vote
Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks to news media in Los Angeles on July 7, 2009. Jackson, speaking in Washington, D.C., at a reception for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, did not mention Davis by name, according to a report in The Hill newspaper.
New Site Follows Investigations
Now there's a quick way to keep track of 17 lawmakers facing possible action by the Department of Justice, House ethics committee, Senate ethics committee and the Office of Congressional Ethics.
Sen. Robert Byrd to capture longevity record
When the clock strikes midnight tonight, Sen. Robert Byrd will become the longest-serving member of Congress ever - a capstone on a remarkable career in which the adopted son of a coal miner propelled himself from poverty to the pinnacle of legislative power, where he could, did and still does send billions of federal dollars back across the Blue ...
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Autopsy: Chicago schools leader committed suicide
Autopsy results show that the president of the Chicago Board of Education committed suicide by shooting himself in the head.
What Your Member of Congress Voted For--And How to Stop It
Last weekend, Representatives, Bobby Rush ; Jesse Jackson ; Daniel Lipinski ; Luis Gutierrez ; Mike Quigley ; Danny Davis ; Melissa Bean ; Janice Schakowsky ; Deborah Halvorson ; Jerry Costello ; Bill Foster ; and Phil Hare , voted in favor of HR 3962, Nancy Pelosi's national health care bill.
Architects of Ruin a " by David Forsmark
Posted by David Forsmark on Nov 10th, 2009 and filed under FrontPage . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 . You can leave a response or trackback to this entry Architects of Ruin: How Big Government Liberals Wrecked the Global Economy - and How They Will Do It Again if No One Stops Them By Peter Schweizer Harper, $24.99, ...
Two-Time Grammy Award winner Obama
In commenting upon President Barak Obama's "Olympic ego trip" to Copenhagen, George Will noted that Obama used the personal pronoun 26 times in 46 sentences.
This whole town has gone MAD. Signifying that former Gov. Rod Blagojevich isn't even #1 at being mocked, Mad Magazine has awarded the Coifed One 15th place in its annual Top 20 list of dumbest people, events and things of 2009.
Black Lawmakers under Ethics Spotlight
November 8, 2009) - Are seven investigations too many to be a coincidence? All seven of the full-scale ethics investigations currently underway in the U.S. House of Representatives are focused on African-American lawmakers-and it would be eight if the committee conducting the investigations hadn't deferred to the Justice Department's investigation ...
Reactions to healthcare bill: 'Historic' to 'disappointing'
Chicago-area members of Congress have begun issuing statements on the Saturday night passage of the health care reform bill, H.R. 3962 -- and like the mainly partisan vote, the reactions have also fallen along party lines.
Hershey: Dem triumph would delight mother-in-law
Somewhere up on a celestial dairy farm, the Holsteins are mooing, and a quiet smile is creasing the face of my late mother-in-law, Ruth Lawrence.
Excel Scholars impact community
The tour stopped at many schools, including Howard and Hampton Universities. 'None of the schools spoke to me like Bennett did,' she says.
Job recovery will be Obama's litmus test
President Ronald Reagan had his flaws, but he certainly could turn a phrase. In the 1980 presidential campaign he asked a question that has resonated in campaigns ever since: "Are you better off than you were four years ago," the former California governor asked in his race against Democratic President Jimmy Carter.
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