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Friday, June 19, 2026

Beatrice Lumpkin, workers’ rights leader and 'rock of the movement,' dies at 107

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      Beatrice Lumpkin addresses striking Starbucks workers in 2024 (Roberta Wood/People's World Beatrice Lumpkin wasn't just libera...
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Thursday, June 18, 2026

Curious creatures

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        The other day we had dinner at Kie Gol Lanee — the one in Logan Square, not the one in Uptown.  The name struck me as vaguely Korean...
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Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Happy birthday to me, her and Donald Trump

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    Ed Paschke, "Mid-America"      My 66th birthday, my granddaughter's 1st birthday, and Donald Trump's 80th, all fell wi...
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Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Flashback 2003: Burying oneself in Joyce brings more than 1 benefit

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      Today is the 16th of June, aka Bloomsday, the day in which the entirety of James Joyce's "Ulysses" takes place. I never...
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Monday, June 15, 2026

'This is why people hate liberals'

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       A detail can be intriguing and yet not fit into the story you are writing. A matter of tone. For instance, this sign, noticed in the ...
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Sunday, June 14, 2026

Obama Presidential Center aims to lift Chicago, and the nation

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     This is the lead article from today's special section about the opening of the Obama Presidential Section. I imagine that by now th...
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Saturday, June 13, 2026

Like the Obama Presidential Center, Jackson Park was born over the furious objections of Chicagoans

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Frederick Law Olmsted assumed Chicagoans making the journey to Jackson Park would come by boat, so the Midway Plaisance was originally inten...
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