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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, May 23, 2013
Rahm's latest plan: Close the schools, build an arena

The mayor prepares to take tax money from public education and use it on a sports facility for DePaul.
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, tax increment financing, TIFs, subsidies, Rahm Emanuel, development, development funding, school closings, CPS, Chicago Public Schools, McCormick Place, hotels, basketball arenas, property taxes, taxes, stadiums, University of Chicago, DePaul University, Chicago White Sox, school funding, City Council, Francis Cardinal George, Patrick O'Connor, Loyola University, Catholic institutions

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News & Features, Deanna Isaacs on Culture, May 23, 2013
Richard Cotovsky's life on the fringe, rewarded

After four decades in Chicago theater, the artistic director of Mary-Arrchie gets a special nod from the Jeff Awards.
- by Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Deanna Isaacs on Culture, theater, Mary-Arrchie Theatre, JoAnn DeAngelo, Sam Shepard, James Venturini, Kerry Reid, Abbie Hoffman Died for Our Sins, Splinter Group, Richard Cotovsky, Tracy Letts, Superior Donuts, Carlo Lorenzo Garcia, Hans Fleischmann, Austin Pendleton, Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co., Southern Illinois University, University of Illinois at Chicago, UIC, Wisdom Bridge, Theater on the Lake, Columbia College, Blackbird Theater, Americana Theater, Senn High School, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Lanford Wilson, David Cromer, Niles North High School, Jeff Awards, Non-Equity Jeff Awards, Mary-Arrchie Theatre, Angel Island, David Mamet, American Buffalo, William H. Macy, J.J. Johnston, Mike Nussbaum, Jennifer Markowitz

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News & Features, Savage Love, May 23, 2013
Dressed to the nines for wife number two

Plus: Should I seek closure for an old violation?
- by Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, kissing, teenagers, dry humping, boobs, exploitation, violated, Facebook, monogamy, marriage, divorce, cross-dressing, water sports, pee, drag show, porn

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News & Features, Michael Miner on Media, May 22, 2013
When push comes to shove, should laid-off journalists sue?

Terminations of newspaper employees aren't what they used to be—just ask labor lawyer Sheribel Rothenberg.
- by Michael Miner
- Tags: Michael Miner on Media, Sheribel Rothenberg, labor law, labor lawyers, layers, Joe Grimm, Detroit Free Press, journalists, newspapers, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Basil Talbott, Paul Simon, Rod Blagojevich, Jess Jackson, Conrad Black, David Radler, Chicago Newspaper Guild, Chicago Daily News, ACLU, Tribune Company, Sun-Times Media, American Civil Liberties Union, Marina City, Don Reuben, Jon Sall, Jim Kirk, litigation, layoffs

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News & Features, Deanna Isaacs on Culture, May 16, 2013
Do we really need the Great Chicago Fire Festival?

The city wants a festival that'll enhance its global image; Redmoon is planning an exorcism.
- by Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Great Chicago Fire Festival, Michelle Boone, Jim Lasko, Lois Weisberg, Cultural Olympiad, Joyce Foundation, rive parade, spectacle, neighborhoods effigies, Chicago Cultural Plan, CPS, Frank Maugeri, Chicago Public Schools, arts education, Las Fallas, Valencia, DCASE, City Council, Ellen Barry, Friends of Wolf Point, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Redmoon, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Reader, casino, tax increment financing, TIFs, Hines Interests, Kennedy Family, Chicago River, Ray LaHood, U.S. Department of Transportation, Rahm Emanuel, federal loans, Chicago Riverwalk, Gregg Pupecki, Wendella, Wendella Sightseeing Company, development, Jeanne Gang, EPA, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, River Point, Wolf Point

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News & Features, Summer Guide, May 16, 2013
110 reasons to mark your calendar

Something summery every day, from now until Labor Day
- Tags: Summer Guide, Summer Guide 2013, Summer Guide, Chicago summer calendar, Chicago summer calendar 2013, Chicago events, Chicago events 2013, Chicago things to do, Chicago things to do 2013, Chicago summer outings, Chicago summer outings 2013

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News & Features, Savage Love, May 16, 2013
Should Mom buy Playboy for her kid?

Plus: Gays have 99 problems, but drunk straight girls making out ain't one.
- by Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, mentally disabled, Christian, nursing home, butt plug, birth control, smartphone, porn, Playboy, lesbians, bi women, Same-sex marriage, Rhode Island, Delaware, Minnesota, Uruguay, France, New Zealand, Employment Non-Discrimination Act, HIV, rape, spanking, public dom/sub scene

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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, May 14, 2013
Mayor Emanuel's FOIA policy: Don't ask because we won't tell

As a Chicago parent discovered, city officials can't hand over records if they've already destroyed them.
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Rahm Emanuel, longer school day, FOIA, Freedom of Information Act, Jean-Calude Brizard, Glenn Krellparents, Chicago Tribune, Lisa Madigan, public records, Illinois attorney general, North Side High School, Payton High School, high schools, transparency, CPS, My Cousin Vinny, Austin Pendleton, Jeffrey P. Smith, Evanston, laws, Chicago Public Schools

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News & Features, Savage Love, May 9, 2013
Do friends let friends fuck Republicans?

Plus: It’s time to dump the deadbeat.
- by Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, Portland Mercury, marriage, sex, video games, porn, divorce, bi, monogamish, liberal hippies, conservatives, Republicans, escort, pro dom, one night stand, hook ups

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News & Features, Feature, May 8, 2013
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Addicted to guns

Is there a cure for Chicago's crippling dependence on firearms?
- by Mick Dumke
- Tags: Feature, guns, gun violence, The Crime Report, violence interrupters, Marilyn Pitchford, shootings, gun violence, violence, CeaseFire, Sheldon Smith, ex-offenders, Safer Foundation, Tony Wade, conflicts, conflict resolution, Greater Grand Crossing, South Side, neighborhoods, Hales Franciscan High School, Kennedy-King College, U.S. attorney, Jack Tweedle, ATF, U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, social services, Project Safe Neighborhoods, City Colleges, 911, Barack Obama's house, Anita Alvarez, City Council, Cook County state's attorney, roots of violence, poverty, Michael Chandler, 24th Ward, gang members, Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa, Charlie Beck, Connie Rice, Los Angeles Office of Gang Reduction and Youth Develop, U.S. Department of Justice, Phil Cline, murder, race, Rahm Emanuel, CPD, Chicago Police Department, policing, Violence Reduction Strategy, Gary McCarthy, police overtime, Englewood, Hadiya Pendleton, West Humboldt Park, Frederick Seaton, interruption, gun laws, Michael Davis, Turkey Chop, restaurants, Napoleon English, liquor stores, prison, crime, punishment, Chicago Tribune, Richard M. Daley, George Mason University, Christopher Koper, basketball, high school basketball, marijuana, drinking, drug dealing, Gangster Disciples, gangs, Evans Mob, Vice Lords, drug territory, gang territory, addiction, Audio

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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, May 7, 2013
The school model that's good enough for President Obama and Mayor Emanuel

The prestigious University of Chicago Lab Schools respect and reward teachers—so why can't the public schools?
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, American Federation of Teachers, Chicago Teachers Union, teaching, teachers, unions, labor, class size, schools, education, school principals, peer review, classroom evaluations, teacher evaluations, University of Chicago Lab Schools, CPS, Allison Bates, Chicago Public Schools, Rahm Emanuel, Richard M. Daley, Arne Duncan, Barack Obama, Robert Zimmer, curriculum, International Baccalaureate, Lincoln Park High School, Taft High School, Hyde Park High School, Senn High School, longer school day, parents, Faculty Administration, school governance, Karen Lewis, Persepolisgate, Persepolis, academic freedom

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News & Features, Feature, May 2, 2013
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The underworld of raiteros

Some of America's best-known companies and largest temp agencies benefit from—and tacitly collaborate with—an underworld of labor brokers, known as "raiteros," who charge workers fees, pushing their pay below minimum wage.
- by Michael Grabell/ProPublica
- Tags: Feature, ProPublica, Chicago Workers' Collaborative, Ty Inc., Beanie Babies, raiteros, Little Village, temp agencies, Illinois wage laws, Maria Castro, Rigoberto Aguilar, Sony, Frito Lay, Pampered Chef, Smirnoff, Marlboro, Fresh Express, Chiquita Brands, McDonald's, Burger King, Select Family of Staffing Companies, Select Remedy, Tania Lundeen, Miguel del Valle, Ty Warner, D. Stephen Sorensen, Walmart, Bank of America, Toyota, Costco, Trader Joe's, General Mills, Mattel, Fisher-Price, Robert Stack Custom Staffing, Sega, Eugenio Aguilar, Xentris Wireless, Elizabeth Bellido, Cirilo, Most Valuable Personnel, Darron Grottolo, Cirilo Peralta Transportación, Bolingbrook, Gabriel Espinoza, Triune Logistics, Alfred Garza, Rudy Polheber, Sandy Lopez, Juan Rodriguez Trujillo, Leone Bicchieri, Jeff Tyler

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News & Features, Savage Love, May 2, 2013
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Spring deal breakers

Maybe "entitled asshole" isn’t her type. Plus: Sex during wartime and facilitating an affair.
- by Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, long distance relationships, emotionless sex, college, faked orgasms, hormones, stalker, Fleshlight, military, monogamish, sexless marriage, alcohol, Ashley Madison, liquor store

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News & Features, Michael Miner on Media, May 1, 2013
Rick Kogan might be sentimental—just don't call him a sentimentalist

The storied Tribune columnist gets a "mea culpa" from Trib theater critic Chris Jones.
- by Michael Miner
- Tags: Michael Miner on Media, Chicago Tribune, New York Time, Chicago Sun-Times, Rachel Shteir, Chris Jones, Rick Kogan, Nelson Algren, Studs Terkel, Roger Ebert, writers, writing, Neil Steinberg, radio, WGN, sentimentalism, WFMT, books, Chicago Daily News, Panorama, Marcel Marceau, Mort Sahl, Dawn Turner Trice, Studs Terkel Media Award, media, Sam Zell, Billy Goat Tavern, Tempo, Brendan Behan, Bruce Elliott, Old Town Ale House, Herman Kogan, Marilew Kogan, AA, WBEZ, Chicago Theatre

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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Apr 30, 2013
In the Chicago Public Schools, promises are made to be broken

The treatment of teachers at Lincoln Park High raises questions about Mayor Emanuel's other school pledges
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, CPS, Michael Thompson, Michael "Juice" Thompson, basketball, high school basketball, soccer, high school soccer, boys basketball, girls soccer, International Baccalaureate, soccer fields, Lincoln Park, Latin School soccer field, Latin School, Rahm Emanuel, Taft High School, Becky Carroll, Chicago Public Schools, Michael Boraz, Leslie Boozer, tenure, hiring teachers, teachers, CTU, Chicago Teachers Union, Deborah Ditkowsky, Lincoln Park High School

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News & Features, Feature, Apr 25, 2013
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The man who transformed high school baseball on the south side

Simeon Career Academy's veteran high school coach has spent three decades building an unlikely baseball dynasty. Will Leroy Franklin and his Wolverines finally get the recognition they deserve?
- by Adam Doster
- Tags: Feature, Simeon High School, Leroy Franklin, Joseph Haley, Jackie Robinson West Little League, Little League, coaches, Jackie Robinson West, high school athletics, athletes, Dan McDonnell, coaching, Marshawn Taylor, Robert Fletcher Jr. Elbert Dunnigan, Darius Day, Reginald Brock, St. Laurence High School, Jamari McKinney, Roberto Clemente Community Academy, Corey Ray, Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame, CPL, Chicago Public League, state championships, Hubbard High School, 1973, history, baseball, Kenny Fullman, Harlan Community High School, Chicago White Sox, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, NCAA, Steve Bogira, funding, Chicago Tribune, Mary Mitchell, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Park District, high-school baseball, AAU, basketball, football, sports, Chatham neighborhood, Simeon Career Academy, New Orleans, MLB, Major League Baseball, Wesley Chamberlain, Terrance Robertson, Grambling State University, physical education, West Chatham Park, Betsy Ross Elementary School, south side, Whitney Young High School, 1980s, Bob Hambric, Alvin Scott

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News & Features, Savage Love, Apr 25, 2013
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Happy, gay, free

A light Love after a heavy week
- by Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, Boston Marathon, Texas, antigay violence, France, North Korea, femdom role play, paid-for-sex fantasy, rim job, college student, masturbates, nerve endings, synapses, erotic, obsessions, lesbian dom, British, campsite rule, North London

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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Apr 23, 2013
Welcome to U.S. Cellular Field, home of the sweetheart deal

A new lawsuit shows how taxpayers footed the bill so the White Sox can make millions.
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, US Cellular Field, James R. Thompson, Rahm Emanuel, Rod Blagojevich, John Harris, Adam Dunn, Chicago Sport and Society, Chris Lamberti, Carmen Caruso, Linda Chatman, Cubs, Chicago Cubs, baseball, White Sox, Chicago White Sox, Perri Irmer, Jerry Reinsdorf, taxes, Wrigley Field, baseball stadiums, stadiums, ISFA, Illinois Sports Facilities Authority, stadium funding

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News & Features, Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Apr 22, 2013
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Lucky Plush, Blair Thomas & Co., and Eighth Blackbird go three to a
sleeping bag

The local arts groups band together to address that necessary evil, fund-raising.
- by Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Deanna Isaacs on Culture

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News & Features, Savage Love, Apr 18, 2013
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Dick Hole, don't panic

Plus: Improved orgasms with weed!
- by Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, uncircumcised, phimosis, circumcision, sex, urination, foreskin, Stephen H. King, Washington State, Paraphimosis, Preputial gymnastics, betamethasone 0.05 percent, Manischewitz, bris, orgasm, intercourse, clit, clitoral orgasm, marijuana, role-play scenes, Cosmo, Glamour, kinks, bondage

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