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SPORT | The Cubs, struggle, and social change
The Cub’s victory teaches us that if people try hard enough and long enough, they can win. By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | November 3, 2016 Chicago’s iconic journalist, columnist, pundit, and Cubs fan, Mike Royko, once ruminated … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicago Cubs, Harry Targ, Major League Baseball, Mike Royko, Rag Bloggers, Social Change, Studs Terkel, World Series
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Studs Terkel : A People’s Journalist Passes
‘For Studs, listening was a craft, deeply studied and deliberately honed.’By Bruce Shapiro / November 1, 2008 When I was a student in Chicago in the late 1970s, Studs Terkel’s daily radio interview programs on WFMT were my morning seminars. … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Authors, Deaths, Historians, Journalists, People, Studs Terkel, Writers
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