The embattled Cook County state’s attorney couldn’t recover from an onslaught of controversy.
Author Archives: Micah Uetricht
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The criminal-justice crusade of Kim Foxx
The candidate’s plan to transform the Cook County state’s attorney’s office starts with lessons from her childhood in Cabrini Green.
Posted inArts & Culture
Fans say thank you for the music as Shake Rattle & Read prepares to close
As the beloved used book and record store shuts its doors, its customers seem more devastated than its jovial longtime owner.
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Remembering Nelson Peery, Chicagoan and dyed-in-the-wool communist
The radical activist’s death brought leftists out of the woodwork.
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Q&A: Rick Perlstein on how a dose of machine politics could benefit Obama
The author of Before the Storm and Nixonland sits down for a chat in light of his recent Chicago magazine cover story