From pamphlets to periodicals to local newspapers, the printed news created this country.
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Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Jan. 2026
After the lawsuit was filed, the jail changed its mail policy, and softcover books as well as periodicals published by the nonprofit were accepted into the jail.
That storied history will continue now that the 54-year-old publication is being acquired by Noisy Creek — the media company that bought alternative weeklies in Seattle and Portland, Oregon — The Stranger and the Portland Mercury.
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Darcel Rockett,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Aug. 2025
Susan Orlean’s memoir promises insight not only into her start at alt-weeklies, her journalism, and her brilliant narrative nonfiction works, but also provides a blueprint for how to live a creative life.
Planting sun-loving annuals in shade will yield fewer flowers, and ignoring spacing requirements often leads to plant disease and other growth problems.
As part of the program, the Assistance League provides shoes, clothing and books to children in Vista, Oceanside and Carlsbad via an ALNC Advocate dedicated to each school.
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Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Jan. 2026
This on-sale pick has a spacious lower shelf for books, remotes, and other essentials, and its wood-grain finish adds a rustic charm.
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Jacqueline Tempera,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Jan. 2026
Conditions such as space adaptation syndrome — an ailment characterized by vomiting and vertigo that is experienced by many astronauts during their first hours in microgravity — only came into focus after years of research and revelations in academic journals.
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Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
8 Jan. 2026
Photos, Videos, Journals, and Scrapbooks While old photos, journals, handwritten notes, and other personal archives may not mean much to you at the time, check with family members to see if anyone wants to be the keeper of memories.
On a tour of the buildings, for instance, Ganjehei shows off a furnace where the silent film legend used to burn outtakes, after examining dailies in his screening room right across the front entrance.
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Chris Willman,
Variety,
5 Jan. 2026
Metropolitan dailies, in particular, have suffered despite the growing urban population, with the slack taken up somewhat by the increase in suburban newspapers.
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