Gary Chichester reflects on the riotous roots of the first-ever Pride parade.
Tag: Democratic National Convention
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From soldier to worker
Police unions were born of resistance to discipline for brutality. Do they belong in the labor movement?
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Michelle Obama keeps keeping things real
In her new memoir Becoming, the former first lady shares her journey from the south side to the White House.
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Chicago 1968: The Whole World Is Watching chronicles the chaos of the infamous DNC convention
Here’s what happened when writer Terry Southern and photographer Michael Cooper flew in to cover it—with William S. Burroughs and Jean Genet along for the ride.
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How the 1968 DNC protests in Chicago ‘killed’ protest folk singer Phil Ochs
Fifty years ago, Phil Ochs performed at the bloody and chaotic protests in Lincoln Park and left a changed and broken man.
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A farewell to Obama—our country’s most inclusive president
The audacious vision of a Chicago president changed politics as we knew it.
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Scenes from the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia
The politicians, protesters, and celebs at the DNC
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Obama’s great line—’We don’t look to be ruled’—doesn’t always apply to Chicago
The president’s convention speech prompts some thoughts on the nature of local democracy.
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Bill Clinton’s DNC speech showed he’s still got political game
As imperfect as he is, he’s still a master at tugging the heartstrings.
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Trump may be a grandiose narcissist, but he’s no match for the Lyndon Johnson of All the Way
The HBO movie about a narcissist-in-chief reveals a lot about our potential new narcissist-in-chief.
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Romney ad blitz will spare Illinois
We’re Illinois voters, and we approve of missing these messages
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Obama’s acceptance speech
How much could Obama talk about poverty without risking his reelection?
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Is poverty among Obama’s priorities?
Presidents choose which crises to respond to. For more than 40 years now, poverty hasn’t made the cut
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Bad cop, bad cop
My Kind of Town and The Whole World Is Watching, look at ugly chapters in Chicago history
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NATO uncovered
NATO: a big international story in a city whose press no longer thinks globally