Monday, January 14, 2013
Did You Read __________? / News Did you read about gun violence, CTA fare hikes, and a Death Star?
Posted by Reader staff on 01.14.13 at 11:08 AM
Hey, did you read:
• The sobering timeline of Chicago's 2012 homicides by DNAinfo.com? —Mick Dumke
• David Carr on the publication of handgun permit names and addresses? ("In trendy journalistic circles, data is all the rage," but data "doesn’t always tell the truth.") —Steve Bogira
• How Congress essentially blocked research on gun violence? —Mick Dumke
• That today is the day that fare hikes go into effect on CTA bus and rail lines (including a new five-dollar charge on Blue Line trains leaving O'Hare)? —Tal Rosenberg
• The White House response to a petition to "secure resources and funding, and begin construction of a Death Star by 2016"? —John Dunlevy
• The chart of emotions for which English offers no names? —Tony Adler
That Hollywood is working double time to make up for the gender-equality shortcomings of the Obama administration? (Of course, Hollywood still has plenty to answer for.) —Mara Shalhoup
