If history is any guide, Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime partner is unlikely to pay the price for their crimes.
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Sy Hersh on his rough-and-tumble Chicago past: ‘At some point I realized I was in a tyranny’
An interview with the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, who discusses his Chicago origin story and more.
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Errol Morris’s Wormwood should have been a film, not a miniseries
The acclaimed documentary filmmaker’s new Netflix show is an interesting, if overlong, history lesson
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Tribune columnists think about Trump so John Kass doesn’t have to
Why won’t the op-ed columnist tackle the president-elect head-on?
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Emotions run Heigl on State of Affairs
The NBC political drama reinforces a boring stereotype.
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More about Martyl Langsdorf, the Chicago artist who designed Doomsday Clock
Martyl Langsdorf, the artist who designed the Doomsday Clock, had a very interesting life.
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Best Black-Power Movie Ever Shot Under Richard J. Daley’s Nose
The Spook Who Sat By the Door
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For God, country, and the New Yorker
If you go to the trouble of killing Osama bin Laden, you may as well get it written up in the New Yorker.
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Bachmann: waterboarding uncomfortable but effective
Michele Bachmann stands up for waterboarding.
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Mayor Emanuel will be watching you, always
The city’s network of cameras — already the nation’s biggest — is expanding. (Sun-Times) Here’s what happened when a Sun-Times reporter witnessed a shooting at a memorial for a victim. (Sun-Times) Lewis Jordan, head of the Chicago Housing Authority, resigned yesterday after reports that he used his city-issued credit cards on expensive dinners and gifts […]
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Everyone Loves Rich
Mayor Daley says his request for bodyguards after his term expires is appropriate, but Mayor Jane Byrne thinks otherwise: “Once you leave, you leave. You have to take care of yourself. You’re no longer mayor,” Byrne said. (Sun-Times) George W. Bush, various local celebrities, and fawning media types think Mayor Daley was the best mayor […]
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Morning Newsfeed: Rahm’s Expensive Inauguration, Daley’s Discipline Criticized, Bum Fights in Florida, a Gruesome Murder in Texas, and More
Five people, including a ten-year-old boy, were shot at a memorial for another shooting victim. (Tribune) An audit found more troubles at Chicago State University, including that the bursar failed to bill students for courses. (Tribune) The Blackhawks kick off the 2011 playoffs against Vancouver tonight. But can this year’s squad equal last year’s success […]
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The Reader at 40: 1979
Forty Years: A weekly series in which we take a look at a specific year in Chicago history via the pages of the Reader.
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Cuba: An African Odyssey
“Cuba: An African Odyssey,” screening Monday 2/8 at Biblioteca Popular, follows Cuba’s role in African liberation campaigns from the 60s through the 80s.
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The next form of pay to play?
Perhaps Afghanistan offers examples of the proper way to execute a “pay to play” deal.