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In November, NPR reported that many 2017 graduates of D.C.'s Ballou High School had excessive absences or were provided unwarranted opportunities to make up for failed classes, either of which should have made them ineligible to graduate. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

Those behind DC’s fraudulent graduation rates should be met with swift punishment

Nat Malkus -

January 23, 2018 6:41 am

In this Jan. 8, 2018 photo, Greg Schiller is seen in the basement of his home in Elgin, Ill. Schiller, a longtime advocate for the homeless, had been allowing homeless people to sleep in his unfinished basement until the city cited him in late December. After suffering a week of bad publicity, Elgin agreed to make sure no one would be turned away who turned up seeking shelter. (Rick West/Daily Herald, via AP)

Beltway Confidential

That’s what you get for helping the homeless in zero-degree weather

David Freddoso -

January 22, 2018 8:53 pm

People line up on Central Park West as they wait for the start of the Women's March in New York City. The New York protest was among more than 200 such actions planned for the weekend around the world. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

News

Hundreds of cities hold Women’s March rallies following #MeToo movement

Kelly Cohen -

January 20, 2018 6:11 pm

Just as a group of Chicago alderman started to praise the Obama Foundation for hiring five minority-owned construction companies to oversee 51 percent of the 20-acre project, a fiery group of people started chanting

News

Black protesters shout down Chicago City Council’s Black Caucus over Obama Presidential Center

Anna Giaritelli -

January 19, 2018 4:15 pm

Magazine

A Cordial Good Night

Joseph Epstein -

January 19, 2018 9:25 am

Magazine

Terzian: Presidential Libraries: A Study in Bloat

Philip Terzian -

January 19, 2018 9:25 am

New ads targeting Chicago millennials, highlighting Wisconsin's shorter commutes and lower cost of living, are giving Midwestern progressives one more reason to resent Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Business

Wisconsin woos disgruntled millennials from economically failing Chicago

Brendan Pringle -

January 16, 2018 5:01 am

The Obama Foundation originally said it would house a presidential library on the property and vowed to have the National Archives oversee the facility because of its placement on public land. But that's no longer the case, and some are balking at the change in plans. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

News

The battle to shut down Obama’s presidential center

Anna Giaritelli -

January 15, 2018 5:01 am

News

Obama Foundation’s presidential center will include sledding hill, Women’s Garden, sports center

Anna Giaritelli -

January 10, 2018 5:46 pm

The only people who benefit from stricter gun control laws are criminals. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Crime

To reduce shootings, look for better ideas beyond gun control

Tyler Yzaguirre -

January 7, 2018 5:01 am

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Tag: Chicago

Those behind DC’s fraudulent graduation rates should be met with swift punishment

That’s what you get for helping the homeless in zero-degree weather

Hundreds of cities hold Women’s March rallies following #MeToo movement

Black protesters shout down Chicago City Council’s Black Caucus over Obama Presidential Center

A Cordial Good Night

Terzian: Presidential Libraries: A Study in Bloat

The battle to shut down Obama’s presidential center

Obama Foundation’s presidential center will include sledding hill, Women’s Garden, sports center

To reduce shootings, look for better ideas beyond gun control

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