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Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Aug 14, 2018
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Folksinger Kristin Lems has been a favorite of the women’s movement—and of Dr. Demento

Evanston native Kristin Lems has shared stages with John Prine and Gloria Steinem, and she's currently working on a play with songs about Jane Addams.
- By Steve Krakow
- Tags: The Secret History of Chicago Music, Kristin Lems, Evanston, Champaign-Urbana, feminist, ERA, women's movement, folk, Women Walk More Determined, Mammary Glands, Dr. Demento, Tim Vear, Lynn Keller, Cherry Wolfarth, Oh Mama!, In the Out Door, Carolsdatter Productions, We Will Never Give Up, Jane Addams, John Prine, Dan Fogelberg, Gil Scott-Heron, Betty Ford, Lady Bird Johnson, Gloria Steinem, You Me and All of the Above, Video

Blogs, Bleader Dec 18, 2017
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Investigation: Emanuel's Chicago Infrastructure Trust has cost taxpayers $5 million but has contributed little, and other news

Also, local and national progressive Democrats target Congressman Dan Lipinski.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Infrastructure Trust, Dan Lipinski, abortion issues, Election 2018, Democratic Party, Congress, Kirsten Gillibrand, Gloria Steinem, Jeff Sessions, Department of Justice, Chicago Public Schools, Forrest Claypool, Janice Jackson, Clarence Darrow, Chicago history, Jackson Park, Chicago Department of Transportation, McDonald's, Video

Blogs, Bleader Sep 7, 2016
Police chief: Poverty, ‘society issues,’ not CPD, are causing the gun violence surge, and other Chicago news

Also, how meeting Mother Teresa changed a ex-gang leader's life.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Eddie Johnson, Chicago Police Department, gun violence, gang violence, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, Mother Teresa, Catholic Church, Bruce Rauner, Donald Trump, Election 2016, Chicago Humanities Festival, Gloria Steinem, Trevor Noah, The Daily Show, Senator Barbara Boxer, Thomas Friedman, Maureen Dowd, Jon Meacham, General George Armstrong Custer

Blogs, Bleader Jun 15, 2016
Speed will be the theme of this year's fall Chicago Humanities Festival

The fastest Humanities Fest yet!
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Things I Love, Chicago Humanities Festival, Chicago Humanities Festival 2016, Speed, Gloria Steinem, Thomas Friedman, Alison Cuddy, Marshall Brown, Trevor Noah, Yaa Gyasi

Arts & Culture, Book Review Nov 13, 2015
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Traveling and listening with Gloria Steinem in My Life on the Road

With her new memoir, the 81-year-old feminist, journalist, and activist shows the power of hearing others.
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Book Review, Gloria Steinem, My Life on the Road, review, Gandhi, Dorothy Pitman Hughes, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Fall Preview Sep 9, 2015
Gloria Steinem talks to Roxane Gay about her new memoir, My Life on the Road
- By Janet Potter
- Tags: Fall Arts, Fall Preview 2015, Gloria Steinem, My Life on the Road, Roxane Gay

Blogs, Bleader Apr 6, 2015
Weekend shootings and recent homicide stats give Garcia an issue to exploit

Garcia continues Chicago's political tradition of blaming the city's crime rate on the incumbent.
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Crime, Politics, News, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago mayoral runoff, Maxine Waters, Gloria Steinem, Ms. magazine, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Crime Commission, Patrick Healy, crime statistics, homicide rate, Richard M. Daley, Harold Washington, Thomas Hynes, Jane Byrne

Blogs, Bleader Feb 20, 2013
Reader's Agenda Wed 2/20: Wonder Women: The Untold Story of American Superheroines, Vacation Dad, and From Jail to Yale

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Wednesday, February 20, 2013.
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Columbia College, Hokin Hall, Feminism Flatlined: The New Girl Series, Wonder Women: the Untold Story of American Superheroines, Gloria Steinem, Kathleen Hanna, Bikini Kill, Le Tigre, Andrew Todryk, Vacation Dad, Burlington, Leor Galil, Bones, Hunter Husar, From Jail to Yale: Serving Time on Stage, University of Chicago Logan Center for the Arts

Blogs, Bleader Nov 1, 2012
Underemployed recap: sex and the committee

Bro code lies at the center of an episode of Underemployed that suggests it's women hold each other back in the work place. MTV! It's post-feminist.
- By Asher Klein
- Tags: Arts, Television, Underemployed, bros, bro code, homoeroticism, nipples, MTV, feminism, Gloria Steinem, advertising

News & Politics, Media Mar 25, 2010
Venus's Next Wave

The feminist magazine's new owner hopes to raise it to new heights by rejecting its past.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, Amy Schroeder, Venus, Venus Magazine, feminism, fanzine, Gloria Steinem, Kathleen Hanna, DIY culture, DIY, Riot Grrl, Anne Brindle, Marci Sepulveda, Columbia College, Sarah Beardsley, MCI, Jill Russell, Martha Stewart, Body + Soul

News & Politics, Media Sep 29, 1972
"What kind of paper is this, anyway?"

Questions we've heard over and over in the last year.
- Tags: Media, The Chicago Free Press, Ms., Gloria Steinem, Saturday Evening Post, New York Times, The Today Show, Dick Cavett, Chicago Reader, underground newspapers, free newspapers, advertising, free circulation, newspapers, financials, letters to the editor, classified ads, Bob Roth, Bob McCamant, Tom Rehwaldt, Randy Barnett, Jerry Reinwaldt, Kathy Gilles, Jane Lantz, Katie Kane, Tom Wolfe, future of newspapers, Steve Metalitz, American Friends Service Committee, Transition radio, Gerry Ketelaar, Ken Love, Hyde Park, Beth Lester, Leo Burnett, Myron Meisel, University of Chicago, Sally Banes, J. Leland, Citizen Kane, Nancy Banks, Les Bridges, Andrew Epstein, Chicago Tribune, The Art Factory, Terry Fox, radical publications, alternative publications

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Folksinger Kristin Lems has been a favorite of the women’s movement—and of Dr. Demento

Evanston native Kristin Lems has shared stages with John Prine and Gloria Steinem, and she's currently working on a play with songs about Jane Addams.

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Investigation: Emanuel's Chicago Infrastructure Trust has cost taxpayers $5 million but has contributed little, and other news

Also, local and national progressive Democrats target Congressman Dan Lipinski.

Police chief: Poverty, ‘society issues,’ not CPD, are causing the gun violence surge, and other Chicago news

Also, how meeting Mother Teresa changed a ex-gang leader's life.

Speed will be the theme of this year's fall Chicago Humanities Festival

The fastest Humanities Fest yet!

Recommended
Traveling and listening with Gloria Steinem in My Life on the Road

With her new memoir, the 81-year-old feminist, journalist, and activist shows the power of hearing others.

Gloria Steinem talks to Roxane Gay about her new memoir, My Life on the Road

Weekend shootings and recent homicide stats give Garcia an issue to exploit

Garcia continues Chicago's political tradition of blaming the city's crime rate on the incumbent.

Reader's Agenda Wed 2/20: Wonder Women: The Untold Story of American Superheroines, Vacation Dad, and From Jail to Yale

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Wednesday, February 20, 2013.

Underemployed recap: sex and the committee

Bro code lies at the center of an episode of Underemployed that suggests it's women hold each other back in the work place. MTV! It's post-feminist.

Venus's Next Wave

The feminist magazine's new owner hopes to raise it to new heights by rejecting its past.

"What kind of paper is this, anyway?"

Questions we've heard over and over in the last year.

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Evanston native Kristin Lems has shared stages with John Prine and Gloria Steinem, and she's currently working on a play with songs about Jane Addams.

Also, local and national progressive Democrats target Congressman Dan Lipinski.

Also, how meeting Mother Teresa changed a ex-gang leader's life.

The fastest Humanities Fest yet!

With her new memoir, the 81-year-old feminist, journalist, and activist shows the power of hearing others.

Garcia continues Chicago's political tradition of blaming the city's crime rate on the incumbent.

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Wednesday, February 20, 2013.

Bro code lies at the center of an episode of Underemployed that suggests it's women hold each other back in the work place. MTV! It's post-feminist.

The feminist magazine's new owner hopes to raise it to new heights by rejecting its past.

Questions we've heard over and over in the last year.

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