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[PRESS RELEASE] Baim stepping down as Reader publisher end of 2022

by Chicago Reader August 5, 2022August 5, 2022

The board of directors of the Reader Institute for Community Journalism (RICJ), publishers of the Chicago Reader, has announced that Tracy Baim is stepping down as president and publisher at the end of 2022.

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Columns & Opinion

Not a dream

by Ben Joravsky June 15, 2022June 23, 2022

As I lay in bed drenched in sweat, battling COVID, it came to me as in a fevered dream . . . The city council had overwhelmingly approved Mayor Lightfoot’s […]

Press releases

Chicago Reader formally completes transition to nonprofit

by Chicago Reader May 17, 2022May 17, 2022

Sale documents were signed May 16, 2022, to transfer ownership of the Chicago Reader to the Reader Institute for Community Journalism, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

On Politics

Jussie justice

by Ben Joravsky March 16, 2022March 15, 2022

Let’s start with an apology to readers tired of reading about Jussie Smollett—because having watched last week’s sentencing, I just got to get something off my chest . . . […]

Gee, I wonder why no businesses want to rent space in Trump Tower. Hint: see above.

Columns & Opinion

That coddlin’ town . . .

by Ben Joravsky August 11, 2021August 18, 2021

Daley, Burke, and Rahm have been too generous to Trump and his tower, and taxpayers are paying the price.

News & Politics

A silence louder than words

by Taylor Moore July 21, 2021June 20, 2022

How allegations of sexual abuse exposed cracks in the foundation of Young Chicago Authors, Free Write Arts & Literacy, and the city’s spoken word community

Stonewalling the history of the mob and gay bars in Chicago

Columns & Opinion

The mark of Cain

by Ben Joravsky July 15, 2021August 18, 2021

The mob, the Man, and hassling gay bars in pre-Stonewall Chicago

News & Politics

Politics of fear: Are youth really to blame for the carjacking spike?

by Maya Dukmasova April 28, 2021August 18, 2021

Cops say masked teens with a thirst for violence and joyrides are terrorizing the city. An examination of arrests reveals a narrative built on shoddy data and anecdotal evidence.