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Posted inBlogs

Forrest Claypool’s kid goes to a private school. Does it matter?

by Michael Miner October 19, 2015August 18, 2021

Local news outlets don’t seem to think so.

Posted inBlogs

Emanuel and Garcia offered weak responses on segregation at Monday’s debate

by Steve Bogira March 19, 2015August 18, 2021

A college student asks the mayoral candidates about segregation, and is disappointed by their answers.

Posted inBlogs

Rahm Emanuel finds the sunny side of racial segregation

by Steve Bogira February 5, 2015August 18, 2021

The mayor gives a curious answer during last night’s debate.

Posted inBlogs

Mayoral candidates still have a chance to speak up about racial segregation—will they?

by Steve Bogira February 4, 2015August 18, 2021

There are two Chicagos, Emanuel’s challengers agree. But so far, only one of the challengers has pinpointed the underlying problem.

Posted inMusic

Five honors students from Chicago rap’s freshman class

by Leor Galil May 5, 2014September 1, 2023

Five honors students from Chicago rap’s freshman class: Alex Wiley, Saba, Spenzo, Taylor Bennett, and ZMoney

Posted inBlogs

Moore v. Waguespack on Rahm!

by Ben Joravsky February 7, 2014August 18, 2021

Aldermen Waguespack and Fioretti waged a spirited debate against two of Mayor Rahm’s favorite aldermen over the mayor’s $1.9 billion borrowing binge.

Posted inBlogs

Hey, Bruce Rauner: Payton Prep is a union school!

by Ben Joravsky January 15, 2014August 18, 2021

In another case of “do as I say not as I do,” Bruce Rauner, hater of teachers’ unions, sends his daughter to a unionized Chicago high school.

Posted inBlogs

Hey, Mr. Mayor: Don’t mess with Wendy Katten!

by Ben Joravsky August 30, 2013August 19, 2021

The CPS budget says it all: Mayor Emanuel’s giving more money to the charters as he cuts spending for the regular public schools.

Posted inBlogs

Parodies lost: why satire must be banned from the Internet

by Steve Bogira December 10, 2012August 19, 2021

A modest proposal for a serious problem

Posted inBlogs

Is Chicago a better place to live and learn than it used to be? Yes.

by Michael Miner November 19, 2012August 19, 2021

Answering questions about Harold Washington and Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett

Posted inBlogs

Inside Rahm’s privatization economic team

by Mick Dumke August 9, 2012August 19, 2021

The top three members of the financial team at City Hall all come from firms known for privatization work

Posted inBlogs

Schizo Chicago: the City Council defers the infrastucture fund

by Ben Joravsky April 18, 2012August 19, 2021

The City Council momentarily give us a little something to cheer about by telling Mayor Emanuel to take his infrastructure fund and shove it up his . . .

Posted inBlogs

Rahm Emanuel’s shifting views of the parking meter deal

by Mick Dumke September 7, 2011August 19, 2021

Two-and-a-half years after it was consummated, the infamous parking-meter lease deal won’t go away—perhaps because there’s 72+ years left of it. Last week, for example, citizens submitted at least four questions about the city’s meter system or the deal itself during Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s two town hall meetings. The mayor called the use of meter […]

Posted inNews & Politics

What the Old Media Owes the New Media

by Michael Miner April 29, 2010August 19, 2021

A citizen journalist is smarting from a slight by Chicago Tonight.

Posted inBlogs

The Reader on the (Public) Airwaves

by Whet Moser April 8, 2010August 19, 2021

Ben Joravsky on Chicago Tonight; Hunter Clauss on 848.

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