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BRIEF: President's senior advisor to give Clark Atlanta commencement address
The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionValerie B. Jarrett, senior advisor to President Barack Obama, head of the Offices of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs and chair of the White House Council on Women and Girls, will be the commencement speaker at Clark Atlanta University, the...Tags: White House, Barack Obama, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Pingree meets with White House on military sex assault issue
Portland Press Herald, MaineMaine Rep. Chellie Pingree was among a small group of House and Senate lawmakers who met with top Obama administration officials Thursday morning to discuss the issue of sexual assault in the military. The group met with Obama senior adviser Valerie...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Politics, Veterans Affairs, Chellie Pingree, Crime, Law and Justice
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Fayetteville activist Stephanie Brown is part of Alicia Keys' HIV/AIDS campaign
The Fayetteville Observer, N.C.Local HIV and AIDS activist Stephanie Brown is one of five women chosen by Grammy Award-winning R&B singer Alicia Keys to work on a national education campaign. The "Empowered" campaign was launched last month by the Kaiser Family Foundation to...Tags: White House, AIDS, Politics, Barack Obama, World AIDS Day
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Houston County student named ANNpower fellow
The Macon TelegraphWilla Wang, a junior at Houston County High School, is one of 50 selected to be an ANNpower Fellow for leadership potential and commitment to creating positive social change. Wang participated April 1-4 in the ANNpower Vital Voices Leadership Forum, a...Tags: Endangered Species, Human Interest, Teaching and Learning, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama
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PoliTex: Barbara Jordan is remembered in D.C.
Fort Worth Star-TelegramLegendary Texas Democratic lawmaker Barbara Jordan, a pioneering African-American lawyer, Texas senator and congresswoman who riveted audiences with her speeches, and died in 1996, lives on. During the media unveiling April 15 of a campaign by Grammy...Tags: AIDS, Pete Gallego, University of Texas at Arlington, Politics, George W. Bush
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Will Penny Pritzker become the next U.S. commerce secretary?
In late 2009, President Barack Obama appeared on "60 Minutes" and said "fat-cat bankers" were smothering his efforts to craft new rules for Wall Street. As soon as the reforms cleared Congress six months later, the president's top advisers launched a...
Tags: White House, Interior Policy, Barack Obama, Investments, Obesity
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Obama's lean into GOP territory
Who are these guys? Barack Obama and his agents are looking more and more like Mitt Romney and the Republicans that Team Obama maligned to win the presidential election. I'm not just talking about last week's gone-viral Oval Office photo of senior...
Tags: Human Interest, The Washington Post, Politics, Barack Obama, George W. Bush
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Obama adviser hits South Side shops
Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser to President Barack Obama who grew up in Chicago, visited two South Side stores Saturday afternoon as part of a nationwide effort to support small businesses during the holiday shopping season. Jarrett stopped by...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Small Businesses, Barack Obama, Hyde Park, Small Business Saturday
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Executive Profile: Martin Nesbitt, the first friend
Chicago businessman Martin Nesbitt will sit on the dais in front of the U.S. Capitol on Monday as his best friend is inaugurated president of the United States. The two men — successful African-American leaders who share a record of high...
Tags: Chicago Tribune Columnists, White House, Interior Policy, Politics, Barack Obama
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First lady to attend slain girl's funeral
The first lady, governor and mayor will attend Hadiya Pendleton's funeral Saturday, but the family of the slain teenager is determined to hold a service that looks past politics and celebrates the life of a 15-year-old girl lost to Chicago street...
Tags: Hadiya Pendleton, Pat Quinn, Interior Policy, Politics, Barack Obama
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Hadiya Pendleton funeral: Joyous memories, bitter facts about gun violence
The funeral for Hadiya Pendleton on Saturday was a celebration of her life, just as her parents had wanted. But along with those moments of joyful remembrance, there was bitter awareness of the street violence that took her away. In the front row,...
Tags: White House, Hadiya Pendleton, Pat Quinn, Interior Policy, Politics
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Weeks in review
Change of SubjectA roundup of state and local news-review and weekly political chat shows. Descriptions provided by the broadcast outlets in most cases: Connected to Chicago(.mp3 file, right click to download) WLS-AM 890. Host Bill Cameron with Greg Hinz of Crain's...
May 10, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
May 9, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
Apr 22, 2013
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Apr 22, 2013
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Apr 21, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
Mar 3, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Jan 15, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Nov 25, 2012
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Jan 21, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Feb 7, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Feb 9, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Feb 7, 2013
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