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Tag Archive for Barack Obama
Report from Obamaland: The President may not be here, but his presence remains
by Harry Backlund •
Stately and elegant, red brick with white trim, partly obscured by a row of trees, the house has nothing to set it apart from the other homes on this affluent residential block of Kenwood. Except that it is protected. In…
Hop on the Hope Bus
by Julia Pagnamenta •
The Chicago Neighborhood Tours website boasts that Hyde Park and Kenwood are “where lakefront vistas, ancient history, architecture and Nobel Prizes meet.” Now that Senator Obama, who used to be the neighbor of thousands of proud South Side residents, has…
Celebrating the Dream
by Katie Buitrago •
“This little light of mine,” a swell of voices rang out over darkness twinkling with red, white, and blue lights. “I’m gonna let it shine, let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.” The DuSable Museum of African American…
From Women’s Lib to Writing for Kids
by Clare Fentress •
Not many sixty-five-year-old women have tattoos that read “Thug Life,” but Nikki Giovanni is an exception. The radical ’60s poet-turned-children’s author, who stopped at the University of Chicago’s International House during her book tour on October 18th, inked herself some…
Baracktoberfest: As the election approaches, Obama is popping up all over the place
by Chicago Weekly Staff •
Barack Obama is perhaps the most famous Chicagoan in the world at the moment, so it’s no surprise he is well remembered on the South Side. In fact, his name and likeness have been popping up all over the place.…
A Nudge in the Right Direction: Two academics point the way to happiness in their new book
by Robin Peterson •
“Libertarian paternalism” sounds like an oxymoron, but two professors at the University of Chicago have written a new book arguing that it is the best approach to governance. In “Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness,” UofC Law School…
The Two-Party Party
by Julia Pagnamenta •
Tuesday, February 5 was an important day for American politics, with five frontrunners among the Republicans and Democrats vying to win their parties’ nomination to become the country’s 44th President. For the event, the University of Chicago Democrats and Republicans…
