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, Mar 26, 2013
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, Oct 31, 2012
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The Honest Truthiness: clips from Monday night's boozy debate
Here's what you missed at the
Reader
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, Oct 29, 2012
Video
Watch right here as we get the Honest Truth about politics
Catch a live stream of our Honest Truth party/debate, the clearest-eyed politics talk this side of Lincoln vs. Douglas
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Ben Joravsky on Politics
, Oct 10, 2012
How the Democrats let Derrick Smith shoot them in the foot
The story of the indicted state rep and the politicians who made him
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, Sep 6, 2012
Lil JoJo and the blame game
Why rap music isn't what caused Joseph Coleman's death
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Michael Miner on Media
, Sep 5, 2012
Wanted: bitchy commentary befitting a brutal election
Why are so many op-ed columnists off point? Because they're answering the wrong questions.
by Michael Miner
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, May 22, 2012
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Protest and performance at NATO
Local photographer Marc Monaghan documents the surreal NATO protests
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Bleader
, Apr 30, 2012
Updated again: CPD shutting down L.E.P. Bogus Boys?
Did the cops kick a rap group off the bill of an upcoming concert? UPDATE: No, they didn't.
by Miles Raymer
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, Apr 25, 2012
Video
Foxy Shazam and the Accidentally Racist Single
Rock revivalists accidentally revive an icky part of rock's past
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, Feb 10, 2012
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My playlist of political soul
Nine of my favorite soul tracks that push for a better world
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Bleader
, Jan 19, 2012
That's Professor Axelrod to you
David Axelrod is the University of Chicago's newest, biggest hire
by Asher Klein
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, Dec 14, 2011
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Best of 2011, number 6:
Client-9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
J.R. Jones on
Client-9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
, his number 6 movie of 2011.
by J.R. Jones
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, Dec 9, 2011
The Dajaz1.com raid, one year later
Why you should care about how the government handled a hip-hop blog bust
by Miles Raymer
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Bleader
, Dec 5, 2011
Starting today on the Bleader: Weed Week
There's no such thing as marijuana overkill.
by Tal Rosenberg
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, Oct 18, 2011
One sharp mayor
On Mayor Emanuel, razors, and other sharp objects.
by Steve Bogira
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Movie Sidebar
, Oct 6, 2011
The ids of men and
The Ides of March
George Clooney stars as a progressive dream candidate, but running for office is still a nightmare.
by J.R. Jones
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, Sep 20, 2011
Charles Percy, UNO, and the ever-shifting political winds
by Mick Dumke
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, Sep 12, 2011
Tupac Week sounds even better than Shark Week
A week of writing about Tupac courtesy of the LA Weekly
by Miles Raymer
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Chicago Reader at Forty
, Sep 8, 2011
2005
The year in Chicago history via the pages of the
Reader
by Michael Miner
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