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The Day Women Marched For The Vote
A century ago Sunday, Alice Paul, a 27-year-old upstart member of the women's suffrage movement, decided it was time for activists to stop being good girls. The campaign for women's suffrage was more than 60 years old and going nowhere in 1912. For...
Tags: Elections, Arts and Culture, Festive Events, Journalism, The New York Times
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President Obama doesn't have a 'pastor problem'
It was a sad moment for many Republicans during the 2008 presidential contest when Arizona Sen. John McCain refused to let his staff use the fiery left-wing sermons of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright against Illinois Sen. Barack Obama. Yoking Obama to his...
Tags: Bill Ayers, Barack Obama, Andrew Breitbart, George W. Bush, U.S. Congress
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10 Things to Know for Today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. NORTH KOREA BANS THE SOUTH FROM FACTORY ON THE BORDER The move to block South Koreans from the Kaesong industrial complex comes amid...Tags: Keith Richards, Labor Legislation, Justice and Rights, Stephen Colbert, Career and Workplace
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East DuPage news briefs: April 3
Elmhurst Early voting ends Elmhurst City Hall is an early voting location for all registered voters in DuPage County. Early voting is taking place in the Council Chambers from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. through Friday, April 5. Registered voters in DuPage...
Tags: Foods and Beverages, Elections, Elmhurst, Arts and Culture, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Tale of two Pasadena girls: Aria Beth Sloss' 'Autobiography of Us'
Don’t be confused by the title “Autobiography of Us”: This story set in mid-century Pasadena is actually a novel. It’s the debut from Aria Beth Sloss, who gave birth to a baby the same month as her book was published. (Our...
Tags: Fiction, Ethan Canin, The New York Times, Human Interest, Donna Reed
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Women's suffrage supporters in Highland Park
On April 9, many Illinoisans will go to the polls for local and consolidated elections. Enshrined in the Voting Rights Act of 1965, universal suffrage evolved piecemeal. The 15th Amendment in 1870 and the 19th Amendment in 1920 enfranchised African-...
Tags: Elections, Minority Groups, Highland Park (Cook, Illinois), Springfield, Politics
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Wonder Woman: Time for the Amazon warrior to get her own movie?
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesWith “The Dark Knight Rises,” “The Avengers” and this summer's “Man of Steel” dominating the big screen, isn't it time ...... -
Supremes waffle on marriage equality
Over the last 40 years, I've been involved in a lot of political battles for a lot of different causes: workers' rights, women's rights, gay rights, environmental protection, anti-war, anti-nuclear power, anti-urban sprawl, animal rights, gun control,...
Tags: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Laws, Joe Biden, Mark Begich
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America lags on plain speech
The Internet is changing how leaders talk. Leaders from Rome to Beijing and beyond are helping usher in a new era of plain speaking. But American leaders are lagging behind, stuck in old patterns of windy and obfuscatory speech. Around the globe, what's...Tags: Hu Jintao, Alan Greenspan, Barack Obama, Budget Control Act of 2011, Federal Reserve
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Speed limits soon in rearview mirror
How easy to forget ("Higher speed limit law moves forward," March 21). Do some of you old timers remember the fuss we made when the speed limit on Interstate 95 was changed to 65 miles per hour? Now, 70 miles per hour is almost normal. So it will be...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage
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Judge Marissa Mayer by her job, not her gender
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is abolishing the company's work-at-home policy and ordering everyone to show up at the office. Her decision has sparked intense and often nasty debate, with Mayer usually landing on the losing end. Many women, in particular,...
Tags: Marissa Mayer, Minority Groups, AOL LLC, The New York Times, PBS (tv network)
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Michelle Obama's wings
WASHINGTON -- If second-term presidents feel liberated by re-election to pursue bolder agendas, first ladies often become more comfortable to be their own person. Witness Laura Bush, who in her husband's second term discovered that she, too, had a voice...
Tags: Barack Obama, Entertainment Events, Jack Nicholson, Awards and Prizes, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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