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Home » Dan Biss

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Posted inBlogs

Another ‘grass gap’ in Chicago opens between blacks and whites on legalization

by Ben Joravsky April 2, 2018August 18, 2021

A practical explanation for why black voters were less supportive of the referendum to legalize recreational marijuana than whites.

Posted inBlogs

Chicago’s political psychosis has me paging Dr. Freud after last week’s primary

by Ben Joravsky March 27, 2018August 18, 2021

If you want to know why Trump, Rauner, and Rahm are in power, just study the latest election.

Posted inBlogs

Don’t cry, progressives: Pritzker win shows Dems more pragmatic, practical after Trump loss

by Ben Joravsky March 21, 2018August 18, 2021

If I had $100 for every Democrat who told me you need a billionaire to beat a billionaire, I’d be a billionaire.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Students at Northeastern pay the price for Illinois’s budget failures

by Ben Joravsky April 18, 2017August 18, 2021

The state university is the latest victim of the two-year budget stalemate.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

A dark-horse candidate in the Illinois gubernatorial race reveals an unexpected strategy to unseat Rauner

by Ben Joravsky April 10, 2017August 18, 2021

Downstate Democrat Bob Daiber says he can deliver the kind of voters that his wealthier and more recognizable opponents can’t.

Posted inBlogs

Gubernatorial hopeful Dan Biss dares to criticize Michael Madigan

by Ben Joravsky March 21, 2017August 18, 2021

The newly announced candidate conjures up the 1972 primary—the last time a Democrat running for governor dared criticize the machine.

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