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Home » immigration reform

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Posted inNews & Politics

‘Chuy’ García vows to keep fighting Chicago machine from Congress

by Maya Dukmasova March 13, 2018August 18, 2021

The Cook County commissioner also opens up about his flip on the soda tax and why he decided not to take challenge Rahm again.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Congressman Luis Gutierrez says the fight against Trump is just beginning

by Ben Joravsky November 30, 2016August 18, 2021

Gutierrez plans to boycott Trump’s inauguration and fight any efforts at mass deportation.

Posted inBlogs

Comptroller-elect Susana Mendoza won’t pay state legislators until there’s a budget, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd November 16, 2016August 18, 2021

Also, Ed “Fast Eddie” Vrdolyak is indicted for allegedly not paying income taxes on money he earned from brokering tobacco settlements.

Posted inBlogs

Add this to your list of newspaper cliches: push

by Michael Miner June 29, 2016August 18, 2021

The press has turned push into a Three Bears sort of action verb.

Posted inBlogs

Did Obama just undermine democracy?

by Michael Miner November 24, 2014August 18, 2021

Immigration, tyranny, and politics as usual

Posted inBlogs

Clinton-era memos offer a trip through Mayor Rahm’s brain

by Ben Joravsky June 20, 2014August 18, 2021

Memos from his days as a President Clinton staffer show that Mayor Rahm has always been a calculating political operator.

Posted inBlogs

Home/Land takes a trip downtown

by Aimee Levitt July 16, 2013August 19, 2021

The Albany Park Theater Project’s passionate exploration of undocumented immigrants opens Thursday at the Goodman.

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