Arthur Brazier Archives - Chicago Reader

Bishop Arthur Brazier was a prominent pastor with close ties to City Hall—and once was involved in a controversial job-training program with the Blackstone Rangers street gang.

Columns & Opinion

Should Rahm really rename a street after Bishop Brazier?

by Ben Joravsky October 1, 2013August 19, 2021

Should Rahm really rename a street after Bishop Brazier?

Blogs

Charles Percy, UNO, and the ever-shifting political winds

by Mick Dumke September 20, 2011August 19, 2021

I never met or covered former U.S. Senator Charles Percy (I was still in junior high school when his political career ended) but I’ve always found him fascinating—evidence of a once-vibrant species that’s now essentially extinct. Percy died over the weekend at 91, and while the Tribune‘s obit referred to him somewhat wistfully as a […]