A Flashback of Flashbacks
If journalism is the “first rough draft of history,” as we in the news business like to say, then it’s no surprise that we love to dive into the old...
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Can the millennials put an end to sexual harassment?
Let's straighten something out: The Harvey Weinstein story is not a "Hollywood problem." So, please, let's stop wagging our fingers at this group or that group every time another powerful...
When folk music was a real ‘hoot’: How the Old Town School began
"One student stepped up to the mike," the Tribune reported in April 1958. "(He) asked the audience to smile, took a snapshot, then hitched his guitar around his neck and...
What did you say? Hand gesture game was all the rage in 1936
One photo shows a man, hands over his head and emulating a fish with puckered lips. Another shows a smiling woman making a clenched fist and holding it with her...
WWI: Why the world goes to war
Nearly three years after the start of what was then called "The Great War," the United States entered World War I with a congressional declaration of war against Germany on...
Writers in exile find welcoming support in Chicago
For a writer in exile, the setting couldn't have been more welcoming: a stately mansion overlooking Lake Michigan on the campus of Loyola University. A sunny, freakishly warm February afternoon....
Puppy Bowl XIII could be a huge win for disabled dogs
The fans are ready. The trophy is waiting. And the league's top players are ready to go. Millions of Americans are desperately looking for a distraction, something to argue about,...
Women who got on a bus and found their voice
Somewhere along the Pennsylvania Turnpike stretch of the 13-hour drive back to Chicago from the Women's March in Washington, the Rally Bus lived up to its name. One by one,...
4 generations head to Women’s March on Washington
Ascencion Clara Vazquez, who told me she is "5 and three-quarters," prefers her Hello Kitty hat. But if her great-grandmother was willing, well, she'd go along. She tugged on a...
Who had the lousiest year?
Think 2016 was lousy? You're not alone. These Illinois newsmakers surely must be hoping 2017 will be a kinder, gentler year. Chris Sale Why so lousy: Pity the petty pitcher...