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These 14 Pics Won Pulitzer Prize For Photography And Not Without A Reason

Three decades of Pulitzer Prize-winning photographs in black and white.

Bored Panda · Jun 13, 2025

Lauren Bacall made Bogie a Democrat

Stephen Bogart discusses the doc "Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes," his famous parents, director John Huston and more

Salon · Nov 23, 2024

‘No antidote for bad polls’: Recalling the New York Times’ 1956 election experiment in shoe-leather reporting

In response to national pollsters’ failure in forecasting election outcomes in 1948 and 1952, The New York Times pursued in 1956 a weekslong, multistate exercise in on-the-ground reporting to assess public opinion about the presidential race.

The Conversation · Oct 8, 2024

Yes, debates do help voters decide – and candidates are increasingly reluctant to participate

Former President Donald Trump’s threat to skip the first Republican presidential debate, scheduled for Aug. 23, 2023, may be a sign that candidate debates will be the next casualty in the highly polarized political environment in the United States.

The Conversation · Jun 29, 2023

Newton Minow, ex-FCC chief who famously proclaimed that network television was a ‘vast wasteland,’ dies at 97

Minow, who received a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016, died Saturday at home in Chicago, surrounded by loved ones, his daughter said.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 6, 2023

Newton Minow, former FCC chief and public TV advocate, has died at 97

Minow, who as Federal Communications Commission chief in the early 1960s famously proclaimed that network television was a "vast wasteland," died on Saturday.

WEKU · May 6, 2023

Ex-FCC chief, public TV advocate Newton Minow dead at 97

Former Federal Communications Commission head Newton Minow, who famously described network TV as a “vast wasteland,” has died

The Independent UK · May 6, 2023

Look back at some of Chicago’s other Democratic National Conventions

The list famous figures who have been nominated in Chicago is impressive — including many who did not win.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 12, 2023

Unraveling my family's Cold War mystery

My great-uncle Abe Feller was committed to the United Nations. Did Roy Cohn and Joe McCarthy break him?

Salon · Mar 5, 2023

Adlai Stevenson and the bomb

When most Americans were overdosed on Cold War propaganda, a two-time presidential loser made a difference

Salon · Feb 20, 2022