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jane-byrne.jpg Anonymous's blog The death of Jane Byrne, the only woman to become mayor of Chicago, has prompted the expected spate of stories on her chaotic one-term reign, her feisty personality and, especially, the snowstorm that swept her into po ...



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ferdinand_indiana_600x375.jpg Kim Heys's blog If the Midwest has been overlooked by the rest of the nation, we really can’t complain. Mostly, Midwesterners ignore the region themselves. No major university teaches its history or economy. Few books pr ...


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This program is made possible with the generous support of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The Midwest’s agricultural sector is heavily reliant on immigrant labor, from the 57,000 migrant workers employed on local farms, to the hundreds ...


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Maytag.jpg Anonymous's blog The departure of Midwestern manufacturing jobs is a sad but familiar story, told in economic statistics and in the almost prehistoric pictures of ruined old factories in cities like Detroit. There’s been some writing, if n ...