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Home » Congress

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Posted inNews & Politics

‘He’s a real one’

by Maya Dukmasova March 8, 2021August 18, 2021

Chuy Garcia’s first term in Congress earns progressive accolades, honorary Squad membership

Posted inColumns & Opinion

A trillion in coronavirus relief cash! Anything for the arts?

by Deanna Isaacs March 19, 2020August 18, 2021

Americans for the Arts wants you to speak up, now.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

A lawsuit to prevent the Obama Presidential Center’s ‘illegal land grab’ in Jackson Park is moving forward

by Deanna Isaacs August 17, 2018August 18, 2021

The activist group Protect Our Parks claims that the city’s plan to turn 19 acres of Jackson Park over to the Obama Foundation is unconstitutional.

Posted inNews & Politics

Can Congress be given the authority to override a presidential pardon?

by Cecil Adams June 1, 2018August 18, 2021

Bill Cosby’s conviction leads Cecil Adams to a consideration of whether and how presidential pardons could be overturned.

Posted inBlogs

Remembering Chicago Craigslist Personals, the Wild West of Internet dating

by Ryan Smith March 23, 2018August 18, 2021

Craigslist has preemptively shut down its personals section, the message board that dominated online searches for friendship, love, or sex about a decade ago.

Posted inBlogs

I fell in love with the ‘Cannabis Candidate.’ Then I got burned

by Hunter Stuart March 8, 2018August 18, 2021

A pot-smoking FBI agent, Benjamin Wolf seemed like a promising congressional candidate. Then I started digging.

Posted inBlogs

Could Chicago’s Sameena Mustafa become the first Muslim woman in Congress?

by Maya Dukmasova February 27, 2018August 18, 2021

The comedian and real estate broker said running against longtime incumbent Mike Quigley seemed futile—until she started talking to voters.

Posted inBlogs

Assault weapons used to be illegal. What happened?

by Deanna Isaacs February 15, 2018August 18, 2021

Why did the U.S. government remove its ban on assault rifles?

Posted inBlogs

Tammy Duckworth will be the first senator ever to give birth, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd January 23, 2018August 18, 2021

Also, Legionnaires’ Disease might be a problem in the state capitol.

Posted inBlogs

Activists clash with aldermen over community benefits at Obama Presidential Center hearing, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd January 17, 2018August 18, 2021

Also, city clerk Anna Valencia discusses her struggle to be taken seriously as a woman in politics.

Posted inBlogs

Bruce Rauner: Congressional GOP tax plan ‘punishing’ for Illinois, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd January 5, 2018August 18, 2021

Also, more than 600 complaints have come in about landlords breaking the city’s heat ordinance.

Posted inBlogs

Investigation: Emanuel’s Chicago Infrastructure Trust has cost taxpayers $5 million but has contributed little, and other news

by Kate Shepherd December 18, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, local and national progressive Democrats target Congressman Dan Lipinski.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Of medical fetishes and the ‘degradation pool’

by Dan Savage July 14, 2017August 18, 2021

Dan Savage advises a doc in training who has a thing for enemas, and more.

Posted inBlogs

Rauner rejects Emanuel’s massive Thompson Center offer, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd June 23, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, Uber CEO Trevor Kalanick was forced to resign in a downtown Chicago hotel Tuesday.

Posted inBlogs

Black Lives Matters sues Chicago Police Department over reform consent decree, and other news

by Kate Shepherd June 15, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, Lin-Manuel Miranda might star in a Chicago Hamilton performance during the last week of August.

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