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News & Politics

The 20 months that made Mayor Emanuel

by Ben Joravsky and Mick Dumke May 26, 2011August 19, 2021

Our interactive time line shows how Rahm became the Man on Five

Forty-seventh Ward Alderman-elect Ameya Pawar.

News & Politics

How Ameya Pawar Bowled Over 47th Ward

by Ben Joravsky March 3, 2011August 19, 2021

How Ameya Pawar bowled over voters in the 47th Ward

News & Politics

No Face Time and No Endorsement

by Michael Miner February 24, 2011August 19, 2021

An aldermanic candidate turns thumbs-down on the thumbs-up process.

Blogs

Your Election-Day Morning News Roundup

by Alex Parker February 22, 2011August 19, 2021

Polls opened at 6 AM as Chicagoans awakened to another snowfall. But already there’s plenty to talk about. Mayor Daley voted early, and jetted off to the British Virgin Islands with his wife, Maggie, and friend Terry Newman. (Sun-Times)

Blogs

Rahm the Suburbanite?

by Alex Parker February 11, 2011August 19, 2021

Can someone who didn’t grow up in the city be an effective mayor?

Rahm Emanuel’s opponents don’t think so. In a debate last night sponsored by the Chicago Urban League and Fox News Chicago, Gery Chico took aim at Emanuel’s North Shore upbringing.

The Frances Cabrini row houses on the Near North Side.

News & Politics

Separate, Unequal, and Ignored

by Steve Bogira February 10, 2011August 19, 2021

Racial segregation remains Chicago’s most fundamental problem. Why isn’t it an issue in the mayor’s race?

Blogs

No Snow Day for Candidates

by Alex Parker February 2, 2011August 19, 2021

Chicago’s mayoral candidates get out in the snow.

Blogs

Being “Chicago Enough”

by Lauri Apple February 1, 2011August 19, 2021

The New York Times‘s latest report on Chicago’s mayoral contest left me reaching for the blender to make a Zoloft smoothie. Titled “Rough Side of Chicago Shakes Race for City Hall,” the article makes the city out to be some sort of provincial place where one must prove their “Chicagoness” in order to become mayor. […]