No American led a more eventful life than Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States and the Union Army's most celebrated general. Garry Adelman, director of history and education at the Civil War Trust, tells Grant’s amazing story in this inspiring video.
By Mark Vargas, Editor-in-Chief & Opinion ContributorIn August 2019, I was inside the lobby of a federal prison in Littleton, Colorado, waiting to bring former Illinois Gov. Rod...
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By Illinois ReviewFormer Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s new memoir, Framed, F*cked, and Freed: A Governor’s Odyssey, has reached No. 1 on Amazon’s New Releases chart and No. 1...
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By Illinois ReviewFormer Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich alleges in his new memoir that Gov. JB Pritzker personally called President Donald Trump twice in August 2019 and successfully blocked...
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By Illinois ReviewIllinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch (D-Hillside) announced Thursday that he will not seek another term as Speaker, ending his five-year tenure as the chamber's top...
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By Shannon Adock, Guest Opinion ContributorWe didn’t start the fire.It was always burning since the world’s been turning.We didn’t start the fire.No, we didn’t light it, but we...
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