And Henry turns out to be a major character in Robin Amer’s ten-part audio documentary for USA Today.
Tag: Eugene Sawyer
Posted inNews & Politics
Black pols stuck in the Democratic machine’s spin cycle explain themselves
Here’s why they’re still standing behind J.B. Pritzker.
Posted inMusic
Pastor T.L. Barrett cut a widely sampled gospel-funk album in 1971
Pastor T.L. Barrett has been a lot of things: an activist preacher, a top-shelf gospel-funk musician, a convicted scammer.
Posted inBlogs
White Sox and Cubs are both 2-0 for first time since 1951
Martin Kennelly was mayor the last time both clubs won their first pair in the same season, 65 years ago.
Posted inBlogs
How many Chicago mayors have graduated from a Chicago public high school?
Our mayors’ experience with CPS has rarely been firsthand.
Posted inNews & Politics
Alderman Robert Fioretti says he’s just listening—but it sure looks like he’s running for mayor
It sure looks like Alderman Fioretti is running for mayor.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
County clerk David Orr’s reform talk annoys another mayor
Cook County clerk David Orr’s reform proposals have been irritating mayors for 35 years.
Posted inBlogs
Remembering Dick Mell (and what he was really doing up on that table)
Dick Mell was always good copy—in the Reader.
Posted inNews & Politics
Where’s Garry McCarthy?
A frustrated south-side community invites Chicago’s new police superintendent to a “dialogue”
Posted inBlogs
Alderman Lyle Tells Her Constituents So Long—and, to Some, Good Riddance
Departing Sixth Ward alderman Freddrenna Lyle was as blunt as ever in her last public ward meeting.
Posted inBlogs
Annals of Daley: The Racial Healing Card
The biggest theme in the first round of pre-post-Daley reflections: his bridging of racial divides in Chicago politics. How’d it happen?
Posted inNews & Politics
Time for a Revolution
No way is Mayor Daley going down without a fight. But perhaps you’ve noticed: he rarely ever gets one.
Posted inNews & Politics
Taking the New Yorker for a Ride
The Chicago in Evan Osnos’s story is the Chicago you’d see out the window of the mayor’s limo.
