Articles filed under Politics
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Lester: Veteran diplomat was inspired by suburban iconoclast momJan 23, 2017 4:30 am - Long before he filled his passport with stamps from other countries or dreamed of zooming through a special customs line, Jonathan Moore watched his mother Betty Ann Moo...
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Demonstrators demand that Roskam address climate changeJan 23, 2017 12:00 am - More than 200 people rallied Monday in West Chicago to call on U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam to take action on climate change and support clean energy. The demonstrators, some ...
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Exiting FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler: 'I don't intend to go crawl under a rock'Jan 21, 2017 6:17 am - WASHINGTON - If you're familiar with the comedian John Oliver, then you may also remember the man he once memorably called a "dingo." That's Tom Wheeler, the chairman of...
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CIA reveals new privacy rules for internet ageJan 21, 2017 6:10 am - WASHINGTON - Barack Obama's administration has imposed new privacy restrictions on the CIA that are designed to limit its use of information on Americans - changes that ...
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Images: Women's marches across the countryJan 21, 2017 12:00 am - An estimated 500,000 protesters marched on Washington, D.C., on Saturday -- and an estimated 3 million people demonstrated worldwide -- a day after President Donald Trum...
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Chicago women's march draws huge crowd day after inaugurationJan 21, 2017 12:00 am - On an unusually warm January morning, peaceful protesters of Donald Trump's presidency decorated major stretches of downtown Chicago with slogans of anger, fear and hope...
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Hundreds of thousands of women around the world decry TrumpJan 21, 2017 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) — In a global exclamation of defiance and solidarity, more than 1 million people rallied at women's marches in the nation's capital and cities around the...
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Suburban women march in Washington: 'We will continue to show up'Jan 21, 2017 12:00 am - Suburban women vow to continue to speak up for the causes that inspired them to march in the nation's capital the day after Donald Trump was sworn in as president. They ...
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Suburban women, a teen boy on why they're marching in WashingtonJan 20, 2017 4:31 am - A 40-year-old mom from Naperville on a mission to "normalize" Muslims. A 14-year-old boy from Itasca who's passionate about women's rights. A "privileged" white woman fr...
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Glenbard East officials: No student walkoutJan 20, 2017 12:00 am - Glenbard East High School officials said Friday was an "instruction-as-usual school day" in Lombard and rumors of a planned walkout by some students to protest the inaug...