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Columns & Opinion, On Politics Jan 11, 2018
Chris Kennedy got it right: people of color are being pushed out of Chicago intentionally

The gubernatorial candidate nailed the whole point of Mayors Daley and Emanuel’s economic development programs.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: On Politics, Chris Kennedy, Rahm Emanuel, Richard M. Daley, economic development programs, Chicago, gentrification, Cabrini-Green, TIFs, tax increment financing, Barack Obama College Prep, property taxes, Cortland/Chicago River TIF district, Near North Side

Blogs, Bleader Sep 19, 2014
Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the name-dropper

Barack Obama College Prep becomes a school to be named later.
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Humor, Politics, Clout City, News, Barack Obama College Prep, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, President Obama, near north side, selective enrollment schools, Hillary Clinton, Frida Kahlo, Sonia Sotomayor, Gage Park, neighborhood schools

Blogs, Bleader May 30, 2014
Obama College Prep site in doubt

The city is considering locations other than Stanton Park for the planned selective enrollment school, all of them apparently in the Near North Side neighborhood.
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Education, Neighborhoods, Politics, News, Barack Obama College Prep, Alderman Walter Burnett Jr., Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Public Schools, Stanton Park, Payton College Prep, Cabrini-Green row houses, Marshall Field Garden Apartments, low-income housing, selective enrollment schools, Meghan Harte, Northside College Prep, Jones College Prep, Whitney Young Magnet, U.S. News & World Report

Blogs, Bleader May 15, 2014
Barack Obama College Prep serves (the whitest and wealthiest in) Chicago

A demographic analysis of the area around the proposed Barack Obama high—the mayor's latest selective enrollment school—shows that it's in one of the wealthiest areas in town.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Broken, Education, Politics, News, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, selective enrollment high schools, Rob Paral, Chicago Data Guy, Cabrini-Green, Walter Payton College Prep, Alderman Will Burns, Barack Obama College Prep, Alderman Walter Burnett

Columns & Opinion, On Politics May 13, 2014
Rahm reels toward his reelection bid

A new poll is the latest sign that Mayor Emanuel could be in trouble.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Sun-Times, elections, polls, Toni Preckwinkle, Chicago Teachers Union, CTU, Karen Lewis, City Council, Robert Fioretti, Robert Shaw, Richard M. Daley, parking meters, taxes, infrastructure, potholes, development, black voters, Barack Obama, Miguel del Valle, Gery Chico, south side, west side, mental health clinics, city workers, water bills, school closings, Barack Obama College Prep, Gold Coast, TIFs, tax incremement financing, Leslie Hairston, Roderick Sawyer, Toni Foulkes, Hispanic voters, Jim Oberweis, UNO, United Neighborhood Organization, Luis Gutierrez

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