- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 18, 2012
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Jail break at the Metropolitan Correctional Center
For the first time in 27 years there's been an escape from the jail in the South Loop
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 4, 2011
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Back where the Defender began
The Chicago Defender returns to its roots as a society paper
- News & Features, Media, Feb 24, 2011
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No Face Time and No Endorsement
An aldermanic candidate turns thumbs-down on the thumbs-up process.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 26, 2010
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Climate Change
Chicago winters provided a ready-made scare tactic to southern employers hoping to staunch black emigration
- News & Features, Feature, Dec 17, 2009
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The Real American Pie
Mince pie was once inextricable from our national identity. Blamed for bad health, murderous dreams, the downfall of Prohibition, and the decline of the white race, it nonetheless persisted as an American staple through the 1940s. So what happened?
- News & Features, Politics, Sep 10, 2009
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Funds and Games: Chicago 2016's "Stewardship Report"
A new donor report claims transparency but obscures details on who’s paying for the Olympic bid. And then there's the question of why they're paying.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 24, 2009
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A Call From President Jones
Former state senate president Emil Jones Jr. responds to aldermen responding to him responding to their community benefits agreement for the Olympics: It's still a "sham."
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 23, 2009
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Senator Jones Weighs In
Former Illinois Senate president Emil Jones dares to break the silence about Mayor Daley's Olympics.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 22, 2008
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Post-MLK Day blogging: consecrated ground
Post-MLK Day blogging: consecrated ground
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 11, 2007
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Is there life at the Defender?
Is anybody home at the Defender?
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 2, 2007
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The Defender's new editor?
Real Times Media replaces executive editor Roland Martin of the Chicago Defender with interim editor Glenn Reedus.
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