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Obama Lays Out Plan for Financial Regulatory Reform

June 17, 2009 speech from President Barack Obama

Posted on 6.17.2009

AMA Votes on Obama's Plan

The American Medical Assocation voted today on President Barack Obama's health insurance plan at their annual conference.

Posted on 6.17.2009

Votes Will Show If Obama Moved Doctors

The AMA will vote on resolutions over the next several days that will reveal whether the President changed any minds in his Monday speech.

Posted on 6.15.2009

Obama Picks Sotomayor for Supreme Court

President Barack Obama has chosen federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor for the opening on the Supreme Court.

Posted on 5.26.2009

Obama Calls for Understanding in Notre Dame Commencement Address

Obama calls for understanding on both sides of the abortion debate.

Posted on 5.17.2009

Treasurer Giannoulias Targets Wells Fargo, Obama Suit Maker

Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias wants Wells Fargo to stop trying to liquidate a suit manufacturer.

Posted on 5.8.2009

Chicagoans on President Obama's First 100 Days

People in downtown Chicago grade President Barack Obama after his first 100 days in office.

Posted on 4.28.2009

Unfiltered: Obama Challenges Auto Industry

President Obama lays out the terms for federal assistance for U.S. carmakers.

Posted on 3.30.2009

President Obama Nominates Indiana Judge for Appeals Court

President Obama nominates an Indiana judge for the federal appeals court in Chicago.

Posted on 3.17.2009

Unfiltered: President Obama Honors Lincoln in Springfield

Listen to the president's speech at a banquet marking the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth.

Posted on 2.12.2009

Obama to Visit Central Illinois Thursday

President Obama is set to return to his home state today. But don't expect any motorcade in Chicago.

Posted on 2.12.2009

Not All Sold On President's Plan

There was at least one skeptic in yesterday's crowd in Elkhart, Indiana.

Posted on 2.10.2009

The Obama Effect on Test Taking

A recent study found that a performance gap between blacks and whites on a 20-question test administered before Obama’s nomination nearly vanished when the exam was given at key periods in the campaign.

Music Button: Benny Golson, "Grove's Groove", from the CD New Time New 'Tet, (Concord records)

Posted on 1.27.2009

The Future of Youth Activism in an Obama Administration

Former graffiti artist, journalist and now grass roots organizer Billy “Upski” Wimsatt tells us more about what he sees as the future of youth activism.

Music Button: Poets of Rhythm, "Fondle Rock", from the CD Discern/Define, (Quannum records)

Posted on 1.23.2009

Bus Number Ten Part II: The Saga Continues

Bus #10 returns home from Washington D.C.

Posted on 1.22.2009