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News & Features, Politics, Nov 11, 2010
Whittier: What Fanned the Flames

A nearby Catholic school hoped to replace the field house with a soccer pitch.
- by Ben Joravsky

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News & Features, Politics, Nov 4, 2010
You Can't Lose If You Don't Run

Rahm's novel campaign strategy
- by Steve Bogira
- Tags: Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago mayor, James Meeks, Carol Mosely Braun, Miguel del Valle, Gery Chico

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News & Features, Feature, Oct 28, 2010
From Ghetto Life 101 to Politics 101

Can LeAlan Jones, most famous for the public radio documentaries he made as a teenager, help the Green Party win over the black community?
- by Christopher David Gray
- Tags: Feature, LeAlan Jones, Green Party, Senate, Alexi Giannoulias, Mark Kirk, Green Party, Ghetto Life 101, David Isay, public radio, Chicago Matters, Simeon, Robert Gregory

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News & Features, Politics, Oct 28, 2010
Pat Quinn, Political Prisoner

A case study in how electoral politics stymies real reform
- by Steve Bogira
- Tags: Politics, Pat Quinn, elections, Mike Madigan, John Cullerton, Green Party, Democratic Party, Rich Whitney, Lex Green, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Petro's

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News & Features, Politics, Oct 28, 2010
The Practical Party

Or, why I won't be voting my gut much on Tuesday
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, Rich Whitney, Pat Quinn, elections, Democratic Party, Green Party, Tom Tresser, Joe Berrios, Forrest Claypool

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News & Features, Politics, Oct 21, 2010
Post-Stroger Politics

With everyone's favorite punching bag out of the way, a look at the problems facing any new Cook County Board president
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, Green Party, Tom Tresser, Todd Stroger, No Games Chicago, Toni Preckwinkle, Mayor Daley, Roger Keats, Donna Dunnings, Cook County Board President, Carla Oglesby, Mike Quigley, Richard Ogilvie, sales tax, budget crisis

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News & Features, Politics, Oct 14, 2010
No White Knight, No Silver Bullet

When it comes to the Cook County property tax game, Berrios is a problem, but the solution is bigger than Claypool.
- by Ben Joravsky

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News & Features, Politics, Oct 7, 2010
Mayoral Mayhem

What Rahm really needs, Meeks's big gay liability, and why some candidates aren't in it to win it.
- by Ben Joravsky

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News & Features, Politics, Sep 30, 2010
The Hot New Issue

Candidates for alderman, county board, and comptroller are railing against TIFs. But in the mayoral race, it'll be trickier.
- by Ben Joravsky

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News & Features, Politics, Sep 23, 2010
The Hindu Defense

Or, lessons from Jesse Jackson Jr. on how to avoid a besmirching
- by Steve Bogira
- Tags: Politics, Jesse Jackson Jr., Rod Blagojevich, Senate seat, Chicago Sun-Times

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News & Features, Politics, Sep 23, 2010
The Wingnuts Had a Point

A gay Chicago filmmaker arrives at a Missouri film fest to find the state has pulled its funding under pressure from "patriots." Was it the subject matter?
- by Michael Miner
- Tags: Politics, film festivals, film, movies, documentaries, Missouri, federal stimulus funds, grants, Show Me Social Justice International Film Festival, Warrensburg, Missouri, Missouri Valley Community Action Agency, Peter Kinder, United for Missouri, Johnson County Patriots of the Republic, Jefferson City, Missouri, Missouri Department of Social Services, Pam LaFrenz, Ky Dickens, Denny Hoskins, University of Central Missouri, "Fish Out of Water", Kristen Kaza, homosexuality, The Bible, Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal, Jeff Merrick, funding, ARRA, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Rotary Club, Carl Bearden, Jeremy Mikolajczak, grass-roots conservatism, Michael Bersin, Jack Miles, public expenditures, social service funding, Tour of Missouri, recession

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News & Features, Politics, Sep 16, 2010
Great City Seeks New Leader

Equal Opportunity Employer, Mostly
- by Steve Bogira

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News & Features, Politics, Aug 26, 2010
Small Bites

The sales tax went down, but did your favorite restaurant get the memo?
- by Sarah Louise Klose

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News & Features, Politics, Aug 19, 2010
Go On, Smash It

Daley's TIF program could save the city's bacon—if he can bring himself to raid it.
- by Ben Joravsky

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News & Features, Politics, Aug 12, 2010
The Vanishing Beat Cop

Thanks to an old budget trick, Chicago has even fewer police on the streets than it appears.
- by Ben Joravsky

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News & Features, Politics, Aug 12, 2010
The Investment Bankers' Insurgency

Meet the power couple the Chamber of Commerce has turned to for help installing pro-business, pro-Walmart aldermen.
- by Hunter Clauss

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News & Features, Politics, Jul 29, 2010
The Picture Police

Do festivals like Pitchfork and Lollapalooza have the right to restrict photography in a public park?
- by Ben Joravsky and Sam Adams
- Tags: Politics, Chicago Park District, Pitchfork Music Festival, Lollapalooza, Emily Kagan, Mauricio Vaca, Union Park, Grant Park, photography, Mike Reed, Jessica Maxey-Faulkner, Mark Weinberg, Bill Wirtz, United Center

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A nearby Catholic school hoped to replace the field house with a soccer pitch.

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Rahm's novel campaign strategy

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Can LeAlan Jones, most famous for the public radio documentaries he made as a teenager, help the Green Party win over the black community?

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A case study in how electoral politics stymies real reform

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Or, why I won't be voting my gut much on Tuesday

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With everyone's favorite punching bag out of the way, a look at the problems facing any new Cook County Board president

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When it comes to the Cook County property tax game, Berrios is a problem, but the solution is bigger than Claypool.

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What Rahm really needs, Meeks's big gay liability, and why some candidates aren't in it to win it.

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Candidates for alderman, county board, and comptroller are railing against TIFs. But in the mayoral race, it'll be trickier.

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Or, lessons from Jesse Jackson Jr. on how to avoid a besmirching

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A gay Chicago filmmaker arrives at a Missouri film fest to find the state has pulled its funding under pressure from "patriots." Was it the subject matter?

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Equal Opportunity Employer, Mostly

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Reflections on the end of an error.

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Here's how our first experiment in "participatory budgeting" went.

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Exemplary art teacher Sunny Neater-DuBow was fired without due process because CPS says her job has been redefined. So why is her exact job now posted as an opening?

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The sales tax went down, but did your favorite restaurant get the memo?

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Daley's TIF program could save the city's bacon—if he can bring himself to raid it.

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Thanks to an old budget trick, Chicago has even fewer police on the streets than it appears.

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Meet the power couple the Chamber of Commerce has turned to for help installing pro-business, pro-Walmart aldermen.

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Do festivals like Pitchfork and Lollapalooza have the right to restrict photography in a public park?

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