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- News & Politics, Feature Apr 30, 2021
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‘What difference would that make?’
A pilot program for participatory budgeting in Chicago Public Schools led to gender-neutral bathrooms, shower curtains in locker rooms, and students feeling empowered to influence change.
- News & Politics, Feature Apr 30, 2021
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Here's what you need to know about participatory budgeting
“It sounded like the way I thought democracy was supposed to work.”
- Columns & Opinion, On Transportation Jun 5, 2019
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Time for a sustainable revolution
Chicago’s new wave of aldermen discuss transportation goals.
- News & Politics, Feature Dec 20, 2018
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The flu explainer Chicago didn’t know it needed
Health is a civic undertaking.
- News & Politics, Politics Sep 27, 2017
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Forrest Claypool messed with the wrong alderman
The brownnosing Chicago Public Schools CEO gets “dunked on” after questioning the honesty of tough-as-nails Tenth Ward alderman Susan Sadlowski Garza.
- Blogs, Bleader May 18, 2015
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As Governor Rauner slashes funds, Mayor Emanuel starts his second term by playing nice
In his inauguration speech, Rahm calls for helping underprivileged children—and avoids discussing the city's financial woes.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 10, 2015
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Will the new Chicago City Council still be a rubber stamp?
Rookie aldermen are vowing to shake up the City Council—but haven't we heard this story before?
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 23, 2015
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Candidate for Second Ward alderman decries the parking meter deal though her old firm drew it up
Chicago's parking meter deal and its aftershocks continue to cause controversy during elections for mayor and alderman.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 19, 2015
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Mayor Emanuel says he 'reformed' the parking meter deal, but he actually sold off more of the city streets
How Rahm transferred more parking revenues to the private company that controls Chicago's meters
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 20, 2015
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Did Rahm live up to his campaign promises on public safety?
By blaming legislators for weak gun laws, Mayor Emanuel has ducked questions about his policing strategies.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 4, 2014
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Rahm Emanuel's evolving position on the minimum wage
The mayor is certain that the city's new minimum wage law will help people, starting with him.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 26, 2014
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Let's give thanks for aldermanic elections
Look on the bright side, Chicago—the upcoming aldermanic elections give at least some of you a chance to undo the mistake you made in the last election.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 9, 2014
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Will aldermen pay the price for Rahm?
The mayor's unpopularity is expected to affect City Council races as well as the campaign for mayor.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 1, 2014
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Amisha Patel's idea for keeping track of aldermen
Amisha Patel and other progressives want to put together a website that enables voters to keep track of what their aldermen do versus what they say.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 30, 2014
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City Council prepares to get tougher on the 'cancer' of graffiti
Aldermen are ready to sign off on Mayor Emanuel's proposal to hike fines for illegal graffiti.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 18, 2014
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Mayor Rahm drifts to the left on the minimum wage
The politics behind Mayor Rahm's slow—very slow—creep to the left on raising the minimum wage.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 3, 2014
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Why aldermen are mum about Chicago's violence: They're not sure what to say
To stop the bloodshed, members of the City Council propose more cops, jobs, church, and trips to Great America.
- Blogs, Bleader May 29, 2014
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Mayor Emanuel and aldermen vow to implement pot law they already vowed to implement
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is in a hurry to slow arrests for marijuana possession.
- Blogs, Bleader May 14, 2014
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Black and Latino areas still bearing the brunt of city job cuts
South-side workers account for three of every four jobs cut by the city since Mayor Rahm Emanuel took office in 2011.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Feb 4, 2014
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In a remapped ward, politics is not a two-way street
Residents meet their new alderman during a Lincoln Square traffic dispute.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 1, 2013
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Mayoral ally thanks police for ignoring the pot decriminalization law he sponsored
After months of demanding fixes to Chicago's marijuana policies, Alderman Danny Solis deems them "very effective."
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 24, 2013
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If facts are taken into account, Rahm's budget claims don't all add up
Fact-checking Mayor Emanuel's budget speech
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Oct 22, 2013
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How to irritate Mayor Emanuel and do some legislating in one easy step
Council independents could force a vote on proposals the mayor wants buried.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 11, 2013
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City job policies are helping create two different and unequal Chicagos
A new report finds that thousands of jobs have disappeared from black and Latino areas as the city subsidizes the exodus.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 12, 2013
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Chicago moves to ban plastic shopping bags—if Rahm's willing
As aldermen push their own environmental plans, will Mayor Emanuel really stand on the sideline?
