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Illinois peeps, check out – Rep. Vernon Ehlers, Who Put Science Before Politics, Dies at 83


A nuclear physicist before he entered politics, Dr. Ehlers often disagreed with his fellow Republicans on education and the environment.. via NYT Politics http://ift.tt/2xzIJmk

August 25, 2017 · Leave a comment

Illinois peeps, check out – Rep. Vernon Ehlers, Who Put Science Before Politics, Dies at 83


A nuclear physicist before he entered politics, Dr. Ehlers often disagreed with his fellow Republicans on education and the environment.. via NYT Politics http://ift.tt/2xzIJmk

August 25, 2017 · Leave a comment

Illinois peeps, check out – Jack Rosenthal, Times Journalist and Civic Leader, Is Dead at 82


An aide to Robert F. Kennedy, he later led the editorial page and the Sunday magazine at The New York Times.. via NYT Media http://ift.tt/2vi1DNY

August 24, 2017 · Leave a comment

Illinois peeps, check out – Dick Gregory, 84, Dies; Found Humor in the Civil Rights Struggle


A black satirist who gave white audiences a deeper feel for the nation’s shameful racial history.. via NYT http://ift.tt/2vcKvZ2

August 20, 2017 · Leave a comment

Illinois peeps, check out – Dick Gregory, 84, Dies; Found Humor in the Civil Rights Struggle


A black satirist who gave white audiences a deeper feel for the nation’s shameful racial history.. via NYT http://ift.tt/2vcKvZ2

August 20, 2017 · Leave a comment

Illinois peeps, check out – Dick Gregory, 84, Dies; Found Humor in the Civil Rights Struggle


A black satirist who gave white audiences a deeper feel for the nation’s shameful racial history.. via NYT http://ift.tt/2vcKvZ2

August 20, 2017 · Leave a comment

Illinois peeps, check out – Dick Gregory, 84, Dies; Found Humor in the Civil Rights Struggle


A black satirist who gave white audiences a deeper feel for the nation’s shameful racial history.. via NYT http://ift.tt/2vcKvZ2

August 20, 2017 · Leave a comment

Illinois peeps, check out – Dick Gregory, 84, Dies; Found Humor in the Civil Rights Struggle


A black satirist who gave white audiences a deeper feel for the nation’s shameful racial history.. via NYT http://ift.tt/2vcKvZ2

August 20, 2017 · Leave a comment

Illinois peeps, check out – Robert Farmer, Resourceful Fund-Raiser for Democrats, Dies at 78


Mr. Farmer found a way to get around spending limits on his way to raising $800 million for candidates….. via NYT U.S. http://ift.tt/2v1Rlok

July 27, 2017 · Leave a comment

Illinois peeps, check out – John Kundla, Winning Coach of Fledgling Lakers, Dies at 101


Kundla led the Minneapolis team to five titles in the N.B.A. and its immediate precursor….. via NYT Sports http://ift.tt/2gVIcYO

July 24, 2017 · Leave a comment

Illinois peeps, check out – John Kundla, Winning Coach of Fledgling Lakers, Dies at 101


Kundla led the Minneapolis team to five titles in the N.B.A. and its immediate precursor….. via NYT Sports http://ift.tt/2gVIcYO

July 24, 2017 · Leave a comment

Illinois peeps, check out – Meechy Monroe, a YouTube Star for Her Natural Hair Lessons, Dies at 32


Ms. Monroe achieved online fame with style tutorials that empowered black women to forgo harsh chemicals and embrace the so-called natural hair movement….. via NYT Style http://ift.tt/2vihLyt

July 13, 2017 · Leave a comment

Illinois peeps, check out – Meechy Monroe, a YouTube Star for Her Natural Hair Lessons, Dies at 32


Ms. Monroe achieved online fame with style tutorials that empowered black women to forgo harsh chemicals and embrace the so-called natural hair movement….. via NYT Style http://ift.tt/2vihLyt

July 13, 2017 · Leave a comment

Illinois peeps, check out – Jack Shaheen, Who Resisted and Cataloged Stereotyping of Arabs, Dies at 81


Dr. Shaheen began his campaign against xenophobia in films and on television in 1974, documenting and mitigating negative images of Arabs and Muslims….. via NYT U.S. http://ift.tt/2ukjsiJ

July 12, 2017 · Leave a comment

Illinois peeps, check out – Jack Shaheen, Who Resisted and Cataloged Stereotyping of Arabs, Dies at 81


Dr. Shaheen began his campaign against xenophobia in films and on television in 1974, documenting and mitigating negative images of Arabs and Muslims….. via NYT U.S. http://ift.tt/2ukjsiJ

July 12, 2017 · Leave a comment

Illinois peeps, check out – Samuel D. Cook, Educator Who Pierced Campus Color Barriers, Dies at 88


The first black professor to hold a tenure-track appointment at a mostly white Southern university, and a childhood friend of Martin Luther King Jr….. via NYT U.S. http://ift.tt/2r0Zp3o

June 9, 2017 · Leave a comment

Illinois peeps, check out – Jean Sammet, Co-Designer of a Pioneering Computer Language, Dies at 89


Ms. Sammet was a software engineer on COBOL, a programming language that was written in the 1950s but still underpins basic business operations today….. via NYT Technology http://ift.tt/2qUDaLu

June 4, 2017 · Leave a comment

Illinois peeps, check out – Fred A. Kummerow, an Early Opponent of Trans Fats, Dies at 102


Artificial trans fats were ruled unsafe by the Food and Drug Administration partly in response to a lawsuit that Professor Kummerow filed against the agency….. via NYT Science http://ift.tt/2qHmYCf

June 2, 2017 · Leave a comment

Illinois peeps, check out – Roxcy Bolton, Feminist Who Fought for Equal Rights Amendment, Dies at 90


Ms. Bolton founded the nation’s first rape treatment center and helped persuade national weather forecasters not to name hurricanes after only women….. via NYT U.S. http://ift.tt/2rrHgz4

May 22, 2017 · Leave a comment

Illinois peeps, check out – Roxcy Bolton, Feminist Who Fought for Equal Rights Amendment, Dies at 90


Ms. Bolton founded the nation’s first rape treatment center and helped persuade national weather forecasters not to name hurricanes after only women….. via NYT U.S. http://ift.tt/2rrHgz4

May 22, 2017 · Leave a comment