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May 31, 2017
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Chicago Teachers Union considering merging with charter school union, and other news
Also, Emanuel tried to refute Census Bureau data with unscientific U-Haul report.
By Kate Shepherd
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Tom Lyle Williams
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Bleader
Feb 2, 2015
Fib checking Rahm in the mayoral debates
Emanuel stretches the truth to make a moving point.
By Steve Bogira
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Melissa Sullivan
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Bleader
Jan 17, 2014
What moved LBJ to target poverty?
Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty was more than a play for votes.
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Bleader
Feb 28, 2013
Uncounted prisoners and the race gap
A new book argues that national surveys don't tell the whole story.
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Sep 12, 2012
Good news: poverty not worse
The U.S. poverty rate remains high, but it didn't rise in 2011
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Sep 11, 2012
Census stats likely to show highest poverty rate since 1965
When will the presidential candidates notice?
By Steve Bogira
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Jun 7, 2012
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: A newspaper for the one-percenters
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