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  • Planned Parenthood, 1965

    Jun. 27, 2017

    Most Americans probably believe that Planned Parenthood is a quintessentially American organization, especially since we have been seeing it in the news so frequently lately.

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  • Happy Birthday Gwendolyn!

    Jun. 27, 2017

    We in Chicago are very proud of our hometown star, Gwendolyn Brooks.  She was poet laureate in Illinois and the first African-American writer to win the Pulitzer Prize.

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  • TBT: The Pentagon Papers

    May 18, 2017

    In 1971, analyst Daniel Ellsberg gave parts of a Department of Defense study on American involvement in Vietnam to a New York Times  reporter, Neil Sheehan. 

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  • Richard Nixon and the Mad Men

    Oct. 17, 2016

    It comes as no surprise to most voters that candidates are vetted, groomed, and closely instructed on what to say and how to say it.

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  • IT’S ALMOST MEMORIAL DAY

    May 26, 2016

    Thanks to Megan, one of our interns, for her post in honor of Memorial Day.

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