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    May 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Her job: Stopping wage theft

    SACRAMENTO — Julie Su doesn't back down from fights when she thinks employers are cheating their workers.
    SACRAMENTO — Julie Su doesn't back down from fights when she thinks employers are cheating their workers. In her two years as California's top labor law enforcer, Su has taken on scores of unscrupulous businesses. As state labor commissioner,...

    Tags: Laws, Urasawa, Employment Opportunities, Health and Safety at Work, Career and Workplace

    2. Apr 24, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. Trib Nation responds to one Chicagoan's view of it for an East Coast paper

    Boy, Trib Nation had a few things to say about DePaul Professor Rachel Shteir's Sunday Book Review article on Chicago, drawn from three books written by people from here, and which appeared this week in The New York Times.
    Boy, Trib Nation had a few things to say about DePaul Professor Rachel Shteir's Sunday Book Review article on Chicago, drawn from three books written by people from here, and which appeared this week in The New York Times. She reviewed "Golden," by...

    Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Barack Obama, Hadiya Pendleton, Chicago Skyline, Magnificent Mile

    3. Apr 10, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  3. Rosenthal: Fighting Chicago's violent crime has become business of business

    Jim Reynolds, who grew up in Englewood and is among this city's business elite, always has known that side of Chicago.
    Jim Reynolds, who grew up in Englewood and is among this city's business elite, always has known that side of Chicago. He also knows the jolt that comes when someone, especially someone who has grown up here, first has their eyes opened and the city's...

    Tags: Safety of Citizens, Basketball, Environmental Issues, Politics, Allstate Corp.

    4. Apr 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Santa Monica wins Eliasson sculpture; awaits a much bigger one

    Santa Monica will soon be sporting a new piece of civic art by Olafur Eliasson, and while it’s on a considerably less massive scale than the giant temporary waterfalls the Danish-Icelandic artist installed along the East River in New York City as a public art project in 2008, it has the advantage of being permanent.
    Santa Monica will soon be sporting a new piece of civic art by Olafur Eliasson, and while it’s on a considerably less massive scale than the giant temporary waterfalls the Danish-Icelandic artist installed along the East River in New York City as...

    Tags: New York City, Michael Bloomberg, Arts, Arts and Culture, Sculpture

    5. Mar 21, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  5. Good Pitch Chicago forum will connect documentary filmmakers with supporters

    Chicago's documentary film industry is getting its own high-profile Demo Day.
    Chicago's documentary film industry is getting its own high-profile Demo Day. Running concurrently with the Chicago International Film Festival, a group of corporate and nonprofit executives will showcase up to eight unfinished documentary films at a...

    Tags: Hoop Dreams (movie), Film Festivals, PBS (tv network), How to Survive a Plague (movie), The Interrupters (movie)

    6. Apr 4, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Most Americans say housing crisis isn't over, survey finds

    Data may show that the housing markets are in recovery, but a lot of people are still asking: Why buy a home anyway?
    Data may show that the housing markets are in recovery, but a lot of people are still asking: Why buy a home anyway? The housing bust has created great skepticism about the traditional connection between homeownership and the American dream, a survey...

    Tags: Rentals, Arts and Culture, Federal Reserve, Customs and Tradition

    7. Apr 3, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Survey: Home ownership no longer central to the American dream

    Data may show that the housing markets are in recovery, but a lot of people are still asking: “Who really needs to buy a home anyway?” The housing bust has created great skepticism about the traditional equation of homeownership with the...

    Tags: Rentals, Arts and Culture, Fannie Mae, Federal Reserve, Customs and Tradition

    8. Mar 28, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  8. First lady coming home to address youth violence

    First lady Michelle Obama will return to Chicago April 10 to speak at a working lunch hosted by Mayor Rahm Emanuel that is aimed at addressing youth violence in the city. According to an announcement Wednesday by the first lady's office, she will urge...

    Tags: Hadiya Pendleton, State of the Union Address, Allstate Corp., Easter, Barack Obama

    9. Mar 20, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  9. Book lovers, save the date for CityLit Festival

    The lineup for the 10th annual <a href="http://www.citylitproject.org/index.cfm?page=news&amp;newsid=130" target="_blank">CityLit Festival</a> is set, so Baltimore-area book lovers should mark April 13 on calendars.
    The lineup for the 10th annual CityLit Festival is set, so Baltimore-area book lovers should mark April 13 on calendars. The event, held at the central branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, offers a full day of author readings, panel discussions and...

    Tags: Columbia University, Authors, Enoch Pratt Free Library, George Saunders, Arts and Culture

    10. Mar 21, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  10. Local Voices: Highland Park and Deerfield

    Letters to the editor from Highland Park and Deerfield residents.
    Letters to the editor from Highland Park and Deerfield residents. Deerfield trustee I am writing in support of Mary Oppenheim for her second term as trustee of the Village of Deerfield. Throughout her years of service as a member of the District 109...

    Tags: Politics, Career and Workplace, Human Interest, Referenda, Local Elections

    11. Mar 15, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  11. 'Book of My Lives': Aleksander Hemon's remarkable tale

    Aleksandar Hemon landed in the United States two decades ago, January 1992. He was 27, a young Bosnian journalist from Sarajevo arriving on a one-month visa, arranged through a cultural exchange program sponsored by the State Department. Just after he arrived, war broke out in Yugoslavia. Hemon was stranded. In the years since, as he settled into this country and became an acclaimed writer &mdash; became one of Chicago's finest contemporary writers and arguably its most important literary talent since Saul Bellow &mdash; Hemon has told this immigration story many, many times.
    Aleksandar Hemon landed in the United States two decades ago, January 1992. He was 27, a young Bosnian journalist from Sarajevo arriving on a one-month visa, arranged through a cultural exchange program sponsored by the State Department. Just after he...

    Tags: Andy Wachowski, James Joyce, Hopleaf, Authors, Loyola University Chicago

    12. Feb 1, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  12. Author George Saunders maps the origins of his writing

    We sped south on Cicero Avenue. Through Oak Lawn, Alsip, Crestwood, a flat, aging strip-malled landscape of crumbling pizza joints and ancient tanning parlors, fast-food chains, tile-supply stores and &mdash;
    We sped south on Cicero Avenue. Through Oak Lawn, Alsip, Crestwood, a flat, aging strip-malled landscape of crumbling pizza joints and ancient tanning parlors, fast-food chains, tile-supply stores and — "Wow!" I shouted, "Look! The Brazen Head!"...

    Tags: Authors, Colleges and Universities, Skype, Fashion Shows, Human Interest

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