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Gapers Block published from April 22, 2003 to Jan. 1, 2016. The site will remain up in archive form. Please visit Third Coast Review, a new site by several GB alumni.
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Thursday, March 28

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The McQueary column wishing for a Katrina in Chicago (previously) might have begun fading out of the news cycle Monday if not for the Reader's Michael Miner having written an apologia -- misunderstanding a source in the process. Meanwhile, the Chicago chapter of the the National Association of Black Journalists sent a letter to the Tribune demanding a formal apology from McQueary and her suspension from the editorial board.

 
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