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50 years ago 27 Aug 2013 | 07:28 pm
On Aug. 28, 1963 Tribune editorialized about "this combustible affair," the planned march on Washington: After the fact, we were relieved: The letters to the editor were mixed:
Other precincts heard from 27 Aug 2013 | 06:44 pm
There was a recent irritant to the Republican primary “values” voters last week when a picture appeared in the Chicago Tribune of the married Bruce Rauner kissing a female staffer/volunteer on the lip...
Fine shots 27 Aug 2013 | 08:16 am
From a phenomenal collection by Tribune photographer Brian Cassella, "School's Out Forever," in which he documents recently closed Chicago Public Schools: "Near North Elementary, 739 N Ada St in West...
Go Topless Chicago: Neither success nor bust 27 Aug 2013 | 07:56 am
By Andrea Garcia-Vargas, editorial board intern When I arrived to the North Avenue Beach overpass at a quarter past noon Sunday, I almost missed the protesters. A tent, a few signs, and about 3-5 peo...
Fine lines 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Mostly from the aggregated tweets at Jason Kottke's Stellar Interesting: It’ll be hard to find a cell for Bradley Manning due to prison overcrowding from Wall St. workers serving time for the mortgag...
The big off-to-college goodbye 27 Aug 2013 | 12:37 am
By Jessica Reynolds It was painful to watch. Teenagers deliberately walking a few paces ahead, stopping only to take pictures of all the newness as parents watched on, their faces full of pride, exci...
Circumcision rate clipped 26 Aug 2013 | 07:36 pm
A version of this story was in today's paper: The rate of circumcisions performed on newborn boys in U.S. hospitals dropped 6 percentage points over the last three decades, with an especially steep d...
Land of Linkin' 26 Aug 2013 | 10:36 am
A weekly listing of intriguing, wacky, useful, provocative and otherwise interesting links that readers and I have come across and think you might want to see. --- The best podcasts you aren't liste...
The name game 26 Aug 2013 | 02:53 am
From Why Is It So Hard to Call Chelsea Manning 'She'? by Maureen O'Connor, New York Magazine We updated our nomenclature for "Snoop Lion" and "the Artist Formerly Known as Prince." "Ali Lohan" and "L...
Breast wishes 25 Aug 2013 | 04:16 am
By Andrea Garcia-Vargas, editorial board intern “Go Topless Day” is exactly what it sounds like. Well, almost. Women go topless, but the men will cover up with bikini tops. Tomorrow from 12 p.m. to ...
