- News & Features, Feature, May 8, 2013
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Addicted to guns
Is there a cure for Chicago's crippling dependence on firearms?
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 13, 2010
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City Clarifies New Gun Law--But Still Won't Say How Often the Old One Was Enforced
The city's new gun regulations go into effect, but area law enforcement officials won't say whether they ever used the one it's replacing.
- Lit & Lectures, Lit Feature, Nov 5, 2009
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Fall Books Special: The Night Fred Hampton Died
An excerpt of a new book on the Black Panther leader's death and its aftermath by People's Law Office cofounder Jeffrey Haas
- Lit & Lectures, Lit Feature, Nov 5, 2009
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Fall Books Special: My Dad Did It
Steve Hodel, the retired LA cop who pinned the Black Dahlia murder on his pop, believes he was also Chicago's Lipstick Killer.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 20, 2009
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Lurching toward justice
Who should be responsible for handling the cases prisoners tortured under Jon Burge--attorney general Lisa Madigan or state's attorney Anita Alvarez?
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 29, 2008
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The choice is yours
Why you should care about the Cook County state's attorney race.
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 27, 2008
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The latest tale of the take
Democratic state's attorney candidate Anita Alvarez has raised more than six times as much money as Republican Tony Peraica.
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 23, 2008
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Tony takes on the Greens
Tony Peraica does the Green Party a favor by drawing attention to Thomas O'Brien, the Green Party candidate for Cook County state's attorney.
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 21, 2008
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Alvarez: "More could have been done"
Democratic state's attorney nominee Anita Alvarez says her superiors in the prosecutor's office didn't do enough to go after Jon Burge.
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 3, 2008
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The Obama-Alvarez ticket
Senator Dick Durbin endorses Anita Alvarez for Cook County state's attorney.
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 17, 2008
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Let the voters decide . . .
Tony Peraica brings his campaign for state's attorney to the Cook County Board, and he's told to stuff it.
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 1, 2008
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Storm the comment section!
Marching on the county building is so 2006; Tony Peraica now summons his troops to the battlefields of online comment sections.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 21, 2008
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Tale of the take
Cook County state's attorney candidates Anita Alvarez and Tony Peraica are polar opposites down to their fund-raising abilities.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 23, 2008
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Alvarez vs. Peraica vs. Stroger
While state's attorney candidate Anita Alvarez works to shore up Democratic party support, her opponent, Tony Peraica, is running a spirited campaign--but it's against board president Todd Stroger.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 7, 2008
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More bang for the buck
What's behind Anita Alvarez's victory in the state's attorney primary?
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 23, 2008
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Cashing in
There's lots of money flowing into the coffers of the candidates for state's attorney . . .
