Around The Horn

by Progress Illinois on January 30, 2009 - 4:02pm

Below are our daily picks from the Illinois blogosphere and media at large:

Alinsky's Organizing Legacy
Friends and acolytes of legendary Chicago community organizer Saul Alinsky will gather at the University of Chicago today to honor his 100th birthday. The Tribune offers a preview.

Stopping The Foreclosure Crisis
Rep. John Conyers, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, pens a Wall Street Journal op-ed in favor of Sen. Dick Durbin's mortgage modification bill.

RepSheet
If you live in Chicago, you can track the political maneuvers of your local and federal representatives using RepSheet, a new web application from the Windy Citizen.

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