By Steve Rhodes
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Gold and diamonds are often mined under brutal, abusive conditions. Children are injured or even killed working in hazardous conditions. Tell jewelry brands to reveal what is #BehindTheBling. https://t.co/jiNnh9MZIy pic.twitter.com/SNUeGy3zxZ
— Human Rights Watch (@hrw) February 10, 2018
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Public Service Announcement:
It sounds like the clatter of a nation at work! But really it’s a nation’s last whimper.
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New on the Beachwood today . . .
Two Poems
If so moved, send me the prize money.
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WGN Anchors Ask Fashion Blogger About Nuclear War Because . . .
She didn’t sound American. Meet Hoda Katebi. And give her a show of her own.
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Power Plant Plan Shocks Little Village
“We are disappointed that Emanuel and Ald. Ricardo Munoz have already publicly proposed a plan and are pushing it forward without the involvement of our community as stipulated in the original Guiding Principles for site redevelopment agreed to with former coal plant owner Midwest Generation.”
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New Chicago Music Photos Available To Public
Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, BB King, Joan Baez and Bob Dylan are just some of the artists captured by the remarkable and relatively unknown Chicago blues and American music photographer Raeburn Flerlage.
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Four Suburban Chicago Millennials Shred America
“Fueled by youthful ignorance, the four navigate America’s landscape through a maze of wrong turns and unfortunate circumstances.”
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The Winter Olympics’ Growing Pains
Urban areas replace charming ski resorts.
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This Day In . . .
2012: When Adele Played Martyrs’.
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2013: Tutu vs. Obama.
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2013: Ald. Joe Moreno’s Star Turn In The CPS School Closings Fiasco.
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ChicagoGram
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ChicagoTube
Really cool stuff from Lamda Mahrya. Watch!
Click through for more about supplies she used and upcoming events.
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TweetWood
A sampling.
Greatest lawsuit ever? https://t.co/q9M05ZoqcM via @usatoday
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) February 13, 2018
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One thing I appreciate about the Trump Administration is that it’s brought the word “bonkers” back into vogue.
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) February 14, 2018
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Who’s with me?
Chicago Med casting for extras to play dead people! Get your application in! https://t.co/PZvmElvHNC
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) February 13, 2018
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The Beachwood Tronc Line: Hippity hop.
Posted on February 14, 2018

