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Her job: Stopping wage theft
SACRAMENTO — Julie Su doesn't back down from fights when she thinks employers are cheating their workers. In her two years as California's top labor law enforcer, Su has taken on scores of unscrupulous businesses. As state labor commissioner,...
Tags: Urasawa, University of California, Berkeley, Lawyers, Immigration, Employment Opportunities
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INTERVIEW-Russia's Putin out to silence independent voices - pollster
Reuters* Sole independent pollster warned under "foreign agent" law * Levada Center says Kremlin waging campaign on NGOs * Pollster fears clients will flee By Steve Gutterman MOSCOW, May 21 (Reuters) - Russia's leading polling group said on Tuesday it...Tags: Parties and Movements, Science and Technology, Marketing, Polls, Open Society Foundations
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Russia's Putin out to silence independent voices: pollster
ReutersMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's leading polling group said on Tuesday it would fight to keep operating despite pressure to register as a "foreign agent" under what it calls a campaign by President Vladimir Putin to silence independent voices. Levada Center,...Tags: Science and Technology, Parties and Movements, Marketing, Polls, Open Society Foundations
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Trib Nation responds to one Chicagoan's view of it for an East Coast paper
Boy, Trib Nation had a few things to say about DePaul Professor Rachel Shteir's Sunday Book Review article on Chicago, drawn from three books written by people from here, and which appeared this week in The New York Times. She reviewed "Golden," by...
Tags: Chicago Skyline, Book, Magnificent Mile, The New York Times, Chicago Tribune
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Rosenthal: Fighting Chicago's violent crime has become business of business
Jim Reynolds, who grew up in Englewood and is among this city's business elite, always has known that side of Chicago. He also knows the jolt that comes when someone, especially someone who has grown up here, first has their eyes opened and the city's...
Tags: Chicago City Hall, Government, Environmental Issues, Conservation, Tom Wilson
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Santa Monica wins Eliasson sculpture; awaits a much bigger one
Santa Monica will soon be sporting a new piece of civic art by Olafur Eliasson, and while it’s on a considerably less massive scale than the giant temporary waterfalls the Danish-Icelandic artist installed along the East River in New York City as...
Tags: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, New York City, Arts, Sculpture, Arts and Culture
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Good Pitch Chicago forum will connect documentary filmmakers with supporters
Chicago's documentary film industry is getting its own high-profile Demo Day. Running concurrently with the Chicago International Film Festival, a group of corporate and nonprofit executives will showcase up to eight unfinished documentary films at a...
Tags: Film Festivals, The Invisible War (movie), PBS (tv network), Sundance Film Festival, Apple iTunes
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Most Americans say housing crisis isn't over, survey finds
Data may show that the housing markets are in recovery, but a lot of people are still asking: Why buy a home anyway? The housing bust has created great skepticism about the traditional connection between homeownership and the American dream, a survey...
Tags: Rentals, Customs and Tradition, Arts and Culture, Federal Reserve
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Survey: Home ownership no longer central to the American dream
Data may show that the housing markets are in recovery, but a lot of people are still asking: “Who really needs to buy a home anyway?” The housing bust has created great skepticism about the traditional equation of homeownership with the...Tags: Rentals, Customs and Tradition, Fannie Mae, Arts and Culture, Federal Reserve
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These kids are all right
For RedEyeThere's a space on the first floor of the Harold Washington Library carved out specifically for teens that is a stark contrast from the reality a lot of them face outside on the streets. A place where creativity is fostered and relationships are formed...Tags: Students, Chicago Public Library, Music, Entertainment, Education
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First lady coming home to address youth violence
First lady Michelle Obama will return to Chicago April 10 to speak at a working lunch hosted by Mayor Rahm Emanuel that is aimed at addressing youth violence in the city. According to an announcement Wednesday by the first lady's office, she will urge...Tags: Easter, White House, McCormick Place, Michelle Obama, Hadiya Pendleton
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Book lovers, save the date for CityLit Festival
The lineup for the 10th annual CityLit Festival is set, so Baltimore-area book lovers should mark April 13 on calendars. The event, held at the central branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, offers a full day of author readings, panel discussions and...
Tags: George Saunders, The New York Times, Columbia University, Authors, Arts and Culture
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