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Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category

January 9th, 2008

Obama Bid Proves a Bit Constricting for One Chicago Nonprofit

Yesterday wasn’t the best of days for Barack Obama. Not only did he fail to win the New Hampshire primary, but it was reported that Chicago’s Gene Siskel Film Center has spiked a screening of a documentary about the presidential candidate’s 2006 trip to Africa. The reason? The film center feared that showing the movie […]

By Tom Durso -- 0 comments

January 8th, 2008

Candidates Pledge to Support Nonprofits; Also Promise Never to Kick Puppies

Robert Egger, the founder and president of the DC Central Kitchen, which trains the unemployed in the culinary arts, has been bird-dogging presidential candidates in Iowa and New Hampshire to get them to pledge, on camera, their support for nonprofits should they be elected. Naturally, they’re all saying yes. It’s a very noble effort, though […]

By Tom Durso -- 2 comments