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A progressive’s guide to the Chicago/Cook County primary

March 11, 2020

The election flashpoint: Criminal justice reform People might be tempted to...

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Understanding the Chicago school strike … and why...

October 25, 2019

  You have to go beyond the news media coverage of the school strike to...

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Will Mayor Lightfoot keep her promises? Taxes and...

September 19, 2019

Mayor Lori Lightfoot has been in office for a little over three months. Is it...

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What Chicago tells us about the modern urban...

June 30, 2019

What will it take to reform Chicago politics? Two kinds of corruption, and two...

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Lightfoot’s mandate — and its problems

April 9, 2019

Only 33% of voters turned out, Lightfoot won only 24% of registered voters....

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Preckwinkle: Reformer in the machine

March 31, 2019

Toni Preckwinkle's record in the City Council and the County Board. ...

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Lori Lightfoot’s record: The corporate insider as reformer

March 28, 2019

Lori Lightfoot's record in the Office of Professional Standards, the Police...

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Chicago: Do you know your alderman? Vote smart...

February 25, 2019

There hasn’t been much reporting on the city council races in Chicago’s two...

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Decoding Daley and his billionaire backers

February 24, 2019

Why are Chicago’s most notorious billionaires shoveling money into Bill...

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Politics

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Chicago mayoral primary: Where are the progressives?

February 6, 2019

Is the local news media more interested in Chicago’s primary than Chicagoans?...

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