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Chris Palames: One of the IL Originals

By Mike Reynolds and Patricio Figueroa Jr.

“I have a T-shirt that reads "Proud Son of an Illegal Immigrant," said Palames, who added, “I am not a fan of Lou Dobbs”.
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Today is Yesterday’s Tomorrow (and Tomorrow’s Yesterday)

By Patricio Figueroa Jr.

Presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Barack Obama

The great poet and philosopher George Santayana is credited with writing “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” (“The Life of Reason: Reason in Common Sense”). Nothing captures the essence of the American political landscape like this ageless quote.
Yesterday's continued

Using Music As a Way to Roll Forward

By Amy Halloran

The band Metsy Smesher consists of, Will Just, Mike

When people think of singers, the names Prudence Mabhena and Dylan Walrath generally don’t come to mind.
Music continued

No Coffee, No Fear

By Peter S. Kahrmann

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To Visually Impaired Fans, Baseball’s New Online World a Hit

By John M. Williams

The online world of baseball has been expanded to include individuals with visual impairments after recent improvements to MLB. com
Visually impared BB story

Product Testing

Features Make iPad a Winner -- Hands Down

By John M. Williams

Recently, I had an opportunity to test the iPad for three days. A visually impaired friend had lent it to me and wanted my opinion of it.

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The 2010 Elections at Stake: Redistricting

By Susan Cohen

According to 2008 statistics, there were 54 million persons with disabilities in the United States. That is a lot of potential political power -- power that can be used
Full vote story

ADAPT Newcomer Happy to Get In On the Action

By Mike Ervin

This is what Rachel Siler of Chicago remembered most about her first national ADAPT action: ADAPT continued

FCC Trying to Salvage ‘Net Neutrality’ Plan and More

Editor’s note: This is Part 2 of a two-part series concerning universal broadband connectivity.

U.S. regulators are reconsidering the rules that govern high-speed Internet connections — wading into a bitter policy dispute that could be tied up in Congress and the courts for years.
FCC continued.

A Million Reasons to Cheer National Library Service

By Penny Reeder

In February, the special needs library that has served the nation’s community of blind and print disabled readers for nearly 80 years reached an amazing milestone: a million digital books accessed.
Complete books story