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Posted inNews & Politics

Funds and Games: Chicago 2016’s “Stewardship Report”

by Ben Joravsky September 10, 2009August 19, 2021

A new donor report claims transparency but obscures details on who’s paying for the Olympic bid. And then there’s the question of why they’re paying.

Posted inBlogs

Rescue Me

by Ben Joravsky July 29, 2009August 19, 2021

I just finished reading Chicago magazine’s ode to Ron Huberman. The gist of the story is that he’s a miracle worker sent in by Mayor Daley to rescue the public schools. Lucky us.

Posted inBlogs

Chris Newman

by Michael Miner April 7, 2009August 19, 2021

Chicago magazine lays off Chris Newman, an exceptional editor and advocate for literature.

Posted inBlogs

One woman’s trash, another woman’s treasure

by Heather Kenny March 25, 2009August 19, 2021

A guide to everything vintage–including clothes, jewelry, and accessories–at Chicago mag, plus a few more tips.

Posted inBlogs

Obama’s newest neighbors

by Kiki Yablon December 10, 2008August 19, 2021

Obama singlehandedly saves the housing market . . . in Kenwood, anyway.

Posted inBlogs

So who had to forfeit?

by Kiki Yablon December 5, 2008August 19, 2021

Sad/funny fallout from the Latin School soccer field debacle.

Posted inBlogs

Department of Neat-o: Build Your Own Chicago postcards

by Kiki Yablon August 26, 2008August 19, 2021

Twenty-three local landmarks for $33.

Posted inBlogs

Rezko’s bent Horatio Alger story

by Whet Moser February 1, 2008August 19, 2021

The best piece yet on Tony Rezko.

Posted inBlogs

Ben Joravsky on how to be a good informed citizen

by Whet Moser September 10, 2007August 19, 2021

Ben Joravsky on how to be a good informed citizen.

Posted inBlogs

Jeff McCourt

by Michael Miner August 16, 2007August 19, 2021

Jeff McCourt is remembered in Chicago magazine.

Posted inNews & Politics

Pickett’s Charge/The View From Across the Street/In Loving Memory of a Real SOB

by Michael Miner October 10, 2002August 19, 2021

Pickett’s Charge Debra Pickett trembles on the cusp of stardom. She knows it; her readers know it, colleagues at the Sun-Times know it–though none have called to complain she’s a callow princess unfit to mop the floors at midnight (which is the sort of thing I heard years ago when Richard Roeper trembled on the […]

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