- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 9, 2012
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Marijuana votes produce legal haze and hope for reforms
Legalization votes in Colorado and Washington show that the nation's marijuana policies are a tangled mess
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 6, 2012
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Election picks that can't miss, based on years of research and random guesswork
A rundown of likely winners and losers in the big 2012 election
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 18, 2012
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Chicago schools: even more segregated than they seem
There's great potential for diverse schools in Cook County
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 14, 2012
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Painting the picture of an efficient operation
The race to bring Cook County court records into the modern world
- 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, Feb 16, 2012
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No movement in sight for marijuana reforms
City officials have tabled a proposal to reform marijuana laws
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 6, 2012
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Former police chief blasts pot busts
How ex-superintendent Jody Weis would like to see pot arrests reformed
- 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, Dec 16, 2011
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Shameless Joe
According to Cook County assessor Joe Berrios, it's silly to think that campaign donations carry any influence.
- News & Features, Feature, Dec 1, 2011
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The politics of pot
Are our politicians too paranoid to decriminalize marijuana?
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 6, 2011
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The trickle-up economics of pot laws
Marijuana laws are costly for taxpayers, and for the African-Americans who are disproportionately prosecuted for violating them. But they help provide jobs for a host of people, most of whom aren't black.
- News & Features, Politics, Oct 6, 2011
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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)
- 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, Sidebar, Aug 11, 2011
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Police to lighten up on pot possessors . . . maybe
- 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, Jun 17, 2011
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Hard drug use down sharply among Chicago arrestees since 2000
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 17, 2011
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As the Yankees come to town, a legend revisited
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 2, 2011
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Open government in Chicago? Rahm's tech and data chiefs swear it's coming
A Q&A with city of Chicago technology chief John Tolva and data officer Brett Goldstein.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 1, 2011
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Gay community celebrates state's first civil unions
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