- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 7, 2013
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Marijuana busts still costing millions of taxpayer dollars
Alderman promises hearings on why Chicago police keep making hundreds of pot arrests a week.
- You Are Here, Zoom in, May 30, 2013
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Zoom in: Avondale
Hector Alvarenga transformed his home into an art installation of mostly discarded junk.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 21, 2013
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A look at immoderation on the pundit front
Tyranny—one more thing to worry about
- Blogs, Bleader, May 16, 2013
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Before Obama's enemies came down on him he was catching it from his friends
The case for President Obama as authoritarian didn't begin with his enemies.
- News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, May 7, 2013
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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?
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 22, 2013
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Drug arrests drop in Chicago but still snare thousands in black neighborhoods
While Mexican cartel leader "Chapo" Guzman is public enemy number one, most drug busts still snag street-level players.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 15, 2013
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How about a war on the roots of violence?
The people responsible for drug and gang violence follow a pattern: despair.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 12, 2013
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The State of the Union: Listen carefully
There's a place for pathos in presidential speeches, but it's running amok.
- News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Jan 29, 2013
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Mayor Emanuel swears he's not interested in running for president
So of course he is.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 22, 2013
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The president said what a lot of people wanted him to say
In his inaugural address, President Obama seemed to listen to members of the press.
- 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
- Lit & Lectures, Book Review, Dec 10, 2012
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How FDR won the war of public perception
Michele Landis Dauber's The Sympathetic State details the selling of the New Deal
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 6, 2012
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Irony is a force that gives us meaning
But we don't know what it is, either
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 4, 2012
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Yak, yak, yak—whack! On Killing Them Softly's source novel
The film re-creates the glum talk and savage violence of its source novel
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 3, 2012
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My Twitter following is much purer than Obama's
Most of the president's followers are phonies
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 25, 2012
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Harold Washington, Chicago politics, and the roots of the Obama presidency
A new edition of Gary Rivlin's chronicle of the Harold Washington years, Fire on the Prairie
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 21, 2012
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White House turkey begs your pardon
In a fake Facebook contest. Also: Honey Boo Boo.
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 21, 2012
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Chance the Rapper on Obama, LSD, and being pigeonholed as a high school MC
An interview with the local MC, who headlines at the Metro on Friday, November 23rd
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 13, 2012
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Mr. Smith Screws Up Washington
The Frank Capra classic lends moral support to senate obstructionists
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 12, 2012
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This week we wonder: "What will the next four years look like?"
This week's Variations on a Theme: The Next Four Years Week
