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More delicious fare includes Viggo Mortensens Good
November 21, 2008There were at least two films at the 44th Annual Chicago Film Festival that addressed the rise of Nazi power leading up to World War II. A powerful drama entitled, “Good,” to be released in late...
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New president, new media
November 16, 2008CHICAGO (AP) — This isn't your grandfather's fireside chat. President-elect Barack Obama plans to tape a weekly address not just for radio listeners, as presidents have for years, but for YouTube Internet viewers, too. Well, what...
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240,000 jobs lost last month
November 8, 2008Two hundred forty thousand more workers were tossed onto the jobless pile in October, driving the nation’s official unemployment rate to 6.5 percent – the worst in 14 years, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics....
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Yoda says Treat, you did!
October 31, 2008Dear Reader, You surprised us again. Our committee made a wrong estimate. Given that our readers are some of the most active people in labor and politics, assumed we wouldn’t see much work on raising money...
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State ballot measures highlight social, labor issues
October 23, 2008Claiming voters’ attention this fall alongside races for national, state and local elective offices are over 150 state ballot initiatives and a wide range of local measures. At the state level, about 60 state measures are...
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