Archive for October, 2011

Despite a few technical glitches and maybe a few nerves, the first independent film festival in Chicago’s rough Englewood neighborhood is being considered a success, at least by area filmmakers and neighborhood residents.

About 250 people attended…

Why I occupy

I occupy because corporations are not people, and money is not the same thing as free speech.

I occupy because I believe in united citizens, not Citizens United.

I occupy because our military is spending billions of dollars to occupy…

The Joyce Foundation pours about $40 million each year into some of the Great Lakes region’s most pressing issues: destructive Asian carp, adult workers displaced by the recession and improving the quality of teachers in grades kindergarten through 12….

KANKAKEE — U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. said Saturday he expects to be “vindicated” in a House ethics probe looking at his involvement in trying to secure President Barack Obama’s vacated Senate seat from then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

In remarks…

A college education used to be a ticket to a secure future.

Now, a generation of students and graduates is walking off campus with a collective $1 trillion in student loan debt and troubling career prospects. The daunting combination is forcing them to…

KANKAKEE — U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. said Saturday night he expects to be “vindicated” in a House ethics probe looking at his involvement in trying to secure President Barack Obama’s vacated Senate seat from then-Gov. Rod…

Some children in Washington braved cold and soggy weather Saturday for an early Halloween treat — a brief visit to the White House.

It may not rank high in polls of voters’ priorities compared to jobs and the economy, yet immigration has taken on a central role in the 2012 presidential campaign drama.

Republican presidential debates have been a contest to see who can sound more…