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Ben Joravsky on Politics
, Dec 15, 2011
All I want for Christmas is a City Council with a backbone
Mayor Emanuel already got his gift: a new set of rubber stamps
by Ben Joravsky
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Deanna Isaacs on Culture
, Dec 15, 2011
Chicago Publishes unpublishes
Is the city's official publishing advocate guilty of the industry's dirtiest deed?
by Deanna Isaacs
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Michael Miner on Media
, Dec 15, 2011
Defining 'newsworthy'
At the
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by Michael Miner
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Ben Joravsky on Politics
, Dec 8, 2011
Dawn of the deal
Mayor Emanuel's old campaign manager helps bring an Uptown TIF deal back to life
by Ben Joravsky
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Deanna Isaacs on Culture
, Dec 8, 2011
For a fired Roosevelt adjunct, the joke isn't funny anymore
Professor Robert Klein Engler is suing both the school and the teachers union he says failed to represent him
by Deanna Isaacs
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Michael Miner on Media
, Dec 1, 2011
Someone should have said, 'This stinks'
The press goes easy as a Nebraska volleyball star gets a sweet deal
by Michael Miner
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Deanna Isaacs on Culture
, Dec 1, 2011
The transnational economy
Steelworker-turned-prof Jerry Harris explains the rise of global capitalism
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Michael Miner on Media
, Nov 23, 2011
The fragile legacy of literary journalism
Peter Smith's memoir
A Cavalcade of Lesser Horrors
traces his ancestors' contributions to the long-shuttered
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by Michael Miner
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Ben Joravsky on Politics
, Nov 23, 2011
Library envy
As Mayor Emanuel cuts, his hometown shows how to invest in a library
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Ben Joravsky on Politics
, Nov 17, 2011
An analysis of Senator Kirk's charter school 'analysis'
Mark Kirk claims that Chicago’s top high schools are charters, but that doesn’t mean it’s true
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Michael Miner on Media
, Nov 10, 2011
The final days of
Gay Chicago
The beloved bar rag and the end of its 35-year run
by Michael Miner
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Michael Miner on Media
, Nov 3, 2011
Dragging
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Cartoons continue to be casualties of newspaper cost-cutting
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Michael Miner on Media
, Oct 27, 2011
Ebert measures up to celluloid’s stoic heroes
Life Itself
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Ben Joravsky on Politics
, Oct 27, 2011
Chicago property tax 101
What to tell an alderman who fibs to you about TIFs
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Michael Miner on Media
, Oct 20, 2011
The Innocence Project crossed a line
But it's not a clear or straight line:
Chicago
magazine, David Protess, and the murky mores of investigative reporting
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Deanna Isaacs on Culture
, Oct 20, 2011
Poetry Foundation clamps down on prankster poets
After two activists caused a stir at an open house, the cops got called
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Michael Miner on Media
, Oct 13, 2011
You can revisit the past, but you can't go home again
Reflecting on the
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by Michael Miner
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The $78 million bag
That's what Cook County spent last year on weed (or to arrest and prosecute those possessing it)
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Deanna Isaacs on Culture
, Oct 6, 2011
Rebecca Wolfram's hell on earth
'The Invisible Worm,' a collection of provocative paintings on view at the Thompson Center
by Deanna Isaacs
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Ben Joravsky on Politics
, Sep 29, 2011
Wake up, Chicago Teachers Union
Mayor Emanuel has changed the rules—and you need to get in the game
by Ben Joravsky
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