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The balls in this Illinois lottery bounced inside a clear bowl as the number-holders anxiously watched. I was among them in a middle school commons in…
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As many Illinoisans sing the praises of black men like Barack Obama, it's good to remember the thousands of African-American males whose splintered lives…
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A decade after federal welfare reform began to move women with children from welfare to work, activists and scholars are turning a spotlight on the plight…