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- News & Politics, Politics Jan 28, 2019
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There’s a rare contest for alderman in Michael Madigan’s southwest-side stronghold
A jaunt through the 13th Ward reveals a political landscape long gone from the rest of Chicago.
- News & Politics, Feature Dec 18, 2018
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Mayoral forum recap: all the answers, none of the bullshit
At back-to-back forums last week 11 candidates fielded questions and even provided some answers.
- News & Politics, Feature Dec 10, 2018
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The problem with the “public health” approach to ideological violence
The Countering Violent Extremism program is meant to stop terrorism and hate crimes before they happen, but critics say it’s yet another excuse to spy on Muslims.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 6, 2018
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Joravsky’s election predictions—going where the New York Times is too scared to venture
Ben Joravsky offers predictions for the 2018 midterm elections—including those for both houses of Congress.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 5, 2018
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Who's that speaking for the Sun-Times this time?
The legacy of the Sun-Times—what's that?
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 29, 2018
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What we learned this weekend at the Chicago Humanities Festival
Jerry Saltz, Alex Ross, women's anger, and why historians sort of miss Richard Nixon
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 25, 2018
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Warning, Democrats: a Rauner victory over Pritzker could turn Illinois into a red state
A second term by our current governor would feature more of the same thing: union bashing, budget slashing, school privatization, etc.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 18, 2018
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Staffer Ryan Smith says goodbye to the Reader
Social media editor Ryan Smith has some parting words about politics and his three-and-a-half-year tenure at the Chicago Reader.
- Movies, Movie Review Oct 18, 2018
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Ike Barinholtz’s political satire The Oath is, above all, a provocation
A family is divided when the American president demands every citizen pledge their loyalty to him.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 3, 2018
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The Intercept’s Jeremy Scahill is at war with American exceptionalism and imperialism
A Q&A with the Chicago-born investigative reporter, who returns to town October 9 for a live taping of his political podcast Intercepted.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 1, 2018
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Rauner vs. Kavanaugh—who's the biggest fraud?
One claims to be the victory of a vast left-wing conspiracy originating with the Clinton, the other to be a centrist despite his anti-union agenda.
- Music, Music Feature Sep 11, 2018
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Blondie’s Clem Burke and the tragedy of Trump Face
Our terrible president doesn’t deserve to be compared to the best journeyman drummer in rock—but just look at them.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 5, 2018
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The end of Rahm Emanuel’s rule means that the center may no longer hold in Chicago
Our mayor is on the ropes, and with him the centrist brand of politics aggressively practiced by Emanuel over the last 25 years.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 31, 2018
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Join Blue Beginning as it sends the Democratic troops into the collar counties
Part of Indivisible Chicago, the organization is a get-out-the-vote campaign focused on Republican-leaning suburbs and municipalities as well neighboring swing states.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 22, 2018
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In Stephen Markley's debut novel, Ohio is more than just a political football
A Q&A with writer Stephen Markley, whose first novel, Ohio, debuts this week.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 6, 2018
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Donald Trump is Bruce Rauner’s useful idiot—and vice versa
- News & Politics, Feature Aug 2, 2018
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Caught between black and blue
Was the police shooting of Harith Augustus justified? Is Blue Lives Matter for white cops only? Three black Chicago-area officers talk about what things look like from where they stand.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 20, 2018
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Does the Second Amendment apply to black people?
With all the attention focused on the Chicago Police shooting of Harith Augustus, the silence coming from the gun rights groups is deafening.
- News & Politics, Politics Jul 19, 2018
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Is a Puerto Rican native running for Chicago alderman the next Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?
Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez is a working-class Latina with Puerto Rican roots running as a democratic socialist. Sound familiar?
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 16, 2018
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Rauner showers praise on Mike Pence, leaving no doubt how he feels about gay marriage
"Mike Pence, along with President Trump, are doing it for every American right now," our governor says.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 9, 2018
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Rahm and Rauner's phony Ryan feud: Don’t be fooled by the Twitter barbs
Here’s hoping voters are too sophisticated to fall for the supposed discord over the protest that shut down the Dan Ryan.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 29, 2018
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Sy Hersh on his rough-and-tumble Chicago past: ‘At some point I realized I was in a tyranny’
An interview with the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, who discusses his Chicago origin story and more.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 27, 2018
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Locking up Cubs legend Yosh Kawano also got Supreme Court OK
The top court's ruling in favor of Trump's travel ban harkens back to its notorious 1944 decision upholding the imprisonment of Japanese-Americans.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 25, 2018
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Time to yank Trump’s wretched name off his tower—or make him pay more taxes
Trump is saving millions of dollars in taxes because he's alienated so many tenants.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 15, 2018
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Stormy Daniels to finish run at Chicago strip club this weekend
The porn star stormed out of the Admiral Theatre Thursday, but the two sides have kissed and made up.