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Chicago SOTU

The American Dream Is Dying: Income Inequality and Immobility

The next great civil rights movement may not be based on color, gender, or sexual orientation, but on class. America is facing not only income...
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President Obama invites you to attend State of the Union Address watch parties

  • SOTU
  • January 21, 2012
Under the Obama Administration, the White House has established a very powerful communication portal through the WhiteHouse.gov website. President...
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Ireland and China Back Obama’s Clean Energy Policy in Illinois

  • SOTU
  • January 27, 2011
President Obama’s bold new goal that “by 2035, 80% of America’s electricity will come from clean energy sources” will be...
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State of the Union – What’s In It for the Construction Industry?

  • SOTU
  • January 26, 2011
President Obama is a Chicago bred politician, and as such he knows road building contractors are some of the most generous political donors among...
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State of the Union: Promises or Commitment?

  • SOTU
  • January 26, 2011
As usual, the State of the Union message on Tuesday evening (January 26) was both interesting and frustrating.It was frustrating because, as always...
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A Republican, a Democrat and an Independent at the State of the Union speech

  • SOTU
  • January 26, 2011
President Barack Obama gave his State of the Union speech last night and what will be remembered most is not any one line delivered. Or some moment...
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President Obama calls for another "Sputnik moment"

  • SOTU
  • January 26, 2011
I vividly recall a young boy in Chicago hearing a young President, John F. Kennedy, talk about the race to the moon. The Russians, it seems, beat...
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Barack Obama's state of the union: put up or shut up! Please??

PoliticoWell folks, it's been one whole year since Barack Obama rode a wave of hope and goodwill to become America's first semi-colored president...
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Obama’s 3 SOTUs track at a lower reading level than previous 67 speeches

  • SOTU
  • January 25, 2012
If u c rd ths…. Politico reports:PresidentObama's 2012 State of the Unionaddress again rated at an 8th grade comprehension level on the...
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Obama's 2012 SOTU promises: mostly same unrealized dreams of 2008

  • SOTU
  • January 25, 2012
In the end, the State of the Union address delivered last night by President Obama came down to the word "promise", which he used five...
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