- News & Features, Politics, Dec 26, 2012
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The Reader's second annual awards for political "achievement"
Honoring some of the more notable deeds from our elected leaders in 2012
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 21, 2012
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Foe of Cook County state's attorney won't let 60 Minutes comments die
Alderman Howard Brookins Jr. sounds like he's already preparing to challenge Anita Alvarez for state's attorney in 2016
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 15, 2012
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Who wants to live next to a grow house?
Not many people want to live next to a serious marijuana operation
- News & Features, Michael Miner on Media, May 29, 2012
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The age of innocence is over
Did Willie Donald do it? The Medill Innocence Project no longer cares.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 15, 2012
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The Medill Innocence Project posts a dissenting view
The Medill Innocence Project finds someone who says the convicted prisoner is actually guilty.
- News & Features, Politics, Mar 14, 2012
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What's really going on in the primary elections
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Cook County board president Toni Preckwinkle aren’t up for election. But they’re out to win.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 2, 2012
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Anita Alvarez sounds off
The Cook County state's attorney defends her record and blasts the "obsession" of journalists
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 29, 2012
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Cook County state's attorney pans marijuana decriminalization
Anita Alvarez calls marijuana a "gateway drug"
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 22, 2011
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Toni Preckwinkle's plan to shrink the jail population
Toni Preckwinkle's plan to shrink the jail population
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 25, 2011
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Nafissatou Diallo and Tiawanda Moore
Repercussions of the dropped sexual-assault charges.
- News & Features, Feature, Aug 11, 2011
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What is pot prosecution good for?
Little rhyme or reason in reefer cases
- News & Features, Michael Miner on Media, Jul 21, 2011
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The elusive definition of "journalist"
News used to be dispensed by an identifiable priesthood. Welcome to the reformation.
- News & Features, Feature, Jul 7, 2011
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The grass gap
People all over Chicago smoke pot—but almost everyone busted for it is black
- Blogs, Bleader, May 5, 2011
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Homo Daleyius: An Evolution
- News & Features, Michael Miner on Media, May 5, 2011
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Who's Saying the Innocence Project Sprung a Killer, and Why?
- News & Features, Media, Apr 6, 2011
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"About the Most Airtight Case of Innocence"
How a legal storm capsized a petition to free a man who’s been imprisoned for three decades.
- News & Features, Politics, Jan 13, 2011
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The Hidden Hands
In every successful campaign—and every dud—pros are masterminding and organizing from offstage. Meet the people behind six mayoral candidates.
- News & Features, The Arts, Sep 23, 2010
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The Accidental Poster Child
Courting arrest to protest street-art laws, Chris Drew stumbled into a more serious fight.
- News & Features, Politics, Apr 29, 2010
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He Doesn’t Have to Outrun the Bear
Would-be assessor Joe Berrios doesn't have to win over taxpayers. He just has to keep Forrest Claypool off the ballot.
- News & Features, Politics, Dec 17, 2009
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It Doesn't Take Much to Be a Maverick
Alderman Tom Allen makes history by daring to question the mayor's pet financing scheme in City Council chambers.
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