It’s going to take more Harold and less Barack to beat Trump.
Tag: Harold Washington
Posted inArts & Culture
David Ranney on Living and Dying on the Factory Floor
The UIC prof and former factory worker has no nostalgia for the days of middle-class manufacturing jobs.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
The ruling 35 percent
The vast majority of Chicago voters sit out another mayoral election.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
High stakes in the mayoral election
Chicago voters finally get another chance to elect a mayor who won’t tax the poor to feed the rich.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
The bridge that Berny wouldn’t let CDOT build is finally coming to life
Fourteen years after machine alderman Berny Stone blocked a bike bridge for mysterious reasons, CDOT is finally breaking ground on the project.
Posted inNews & Politics
Archive Dive: A look back at the 1983 mayoral election
David Moberg offers a guide for the perplexed.
Posted inNews & Politics
Q&A with mayoral candidate Amara Enyia
The candidate has a passion for public policy—but will it sway voters?
Posted inBlogs
New podcast The City brings back memories of Alderman Bill Henry and dealmaking in Chicago
And Henry turns out to be a major character in Robin Amer’s ten-part audio documentary for USA Today.
Posted inMusic
Remembering the Taste Entertainment Center, the hottest south side nightclub in TKTK
Harold Washington, Muhammad Ali, and Rick James all dropped in at the oldest black-owned club in the city.
Posted inBlogs
Chairwoman Preckwinkle’s Machine takeover a far cry from days of Fast Eddie
To beat the Machine, you gotta be the Machine and other lessons for Toni Preckwinkle and the next generation of Democratic Party leaders.
Posted inBlogs
Chicago’s political psychosis has me paging Dr. Freud after last week’s primary
If you want to know why Trump, Rauner, and Rahm are in power, just study the latest election.
Posted inBlogs
‘Convert them, co-opt them, or kill them‘: The ugly fight to pass the LGBTQ-inclusive Chicago Human Rights Ordinance
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the dramatic battle in the Chicago City Council.
Posted inArts & Culture
John Mulaney discusses his influences, from Mayor Richard M. Daley to Werner Herzog
The stand-up comedian has drawn inspiration from unlikely sources.
Posted inBlogs
Durbin challenges Trump to prove he’s not racist with a compromise on the ‘Dreamers,’ and other Chicago news
Also, a record 55 million tourists visited Chicago in 2017.
Posted inNews & Politics
Dealmaking has become an unfortunate way of life in Chicago
Quid pro quo is the city’s MO—and we’ve come to like it in a sadomasochistic way.