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- Blogs, Bleader Mar 8, 2018
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This International Women's Day female political participation goes beyond pussy hats and ‘Pussy Power’
This International Women's Day, more women report that they're planning to vote, become activists, or run for office themselves.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 22, 2018
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Illinois's late payment charges on its bills add up to $1 billion, and other Chicago news
Also, Chicago police used a Trump Hotel conference room during the Women's March.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 22, 2018
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O'Hare serial stowaway sneaks past TSA and flies to London, and other Chicago news
Also, the history behind the name of Kim and Kanye's new daughter, Chicago West.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 19, 2018
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From the archive: What we've learned in the year since the last Women's March
Looking back on the year of #MeToo
- Arts & Culture, Art Review Aug 9, 2017
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Immigration: The next wave of craftivism for a Pussyhat Project cofounder
At the Smart Museum of Art, “Jayna Zweiman: Welcome Blanket” crowdsources handmade blankets for incoming migrants.
- Arts & Culture, Art Feature May 17, 2017
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The Nasty Women Art Show, an important first step for female artists in the Trump era
Three-hundred fifty artists and 1,700 people managed to raise $30,000 for Planned Parenthood.
- News & Politics, Politics Mar 22, 2017
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Liberals are finally listening to Thomas Frank about what’s wrong with the Democratic Party
The author of Listen Liberal looks prescient in the wake of Donald Trump’s victory.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 15, 2017
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A look inside the Newberry Library protest archive
The library's archivists are crowdsourcing posters and pussy hats.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 26, 2017
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The Newberry Library wants your protest signs and pussyhats
The library plans to add to its archive of protest materials.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 24, 2017
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel flaked out on the Women's March on Chicago
The mayor unofficially canceled his scheduled appearance at Chicago's march a day after attending a private Democratic donor conference in Florida.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 23, 2017
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‘Does this ass make my sign look big?’ and more women’s march slogans that probably drove Trump crazy
Many signs were designed to get under the new president's famously thin skin.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 19, 2017
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On the eve of the presidential inauguration, two rival Americas prepare to share a common playing field
We're all the same in that we know what we know about each other, whether we actually know much of anything.