Tag Archives: Harold Washington

CN November 16 2017

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  Mayor Harold Washington died in office thirty years ago this Thanksgiving. It was November 25, 1987, and for those of us who knew him in some way we’ll always associate the day before Thanksgiving with his sudden death while … Continue reading →

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CN March 26, 2015, Part 1

Posted on March 26, 2015 by

What happens when you fill the table with panelists who’ve been around a while? veterans of the Harold Washington years? These are people who love and breathe politics, and you get a surprisingly balanced view. Right off the bat: Can … Continue reading →

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CN July 24, 2014

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On today’s show – a bit of a history lesson, largely from a few decades ago. You’ve probably entertained this thought yourself – why is it, a hundred years after slavery, that black America still seems so far behind? In … Continue reading →

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