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Posted inColumns & Opinion

Cops slammed for ticketing black cyclists: ‘It’s about the police harassing people’

by John Greenfield July 17, 2018August 18, 2021

Cycle of injustice continues as blacks still ticketed at far higher rates for biking violations.

Posted inBlogs

The pattern to Rahm’s sexual predator, filthy schools, and special ed scandals

by Ben Joravsky June 8, 2018August 18, 2021

If anything points to the need for an elected CPS school board that’s independent of the mayor, this is it.

Posted inBlogs

Dido and Aeneas at the revamped Harris Theater

by Deanna Isaacs April 6, 2016August 18, 2021

Mark Morris is conducting, not dancing, but his Dido and Aeneas at the Harris Theater is still fascinating.

Posted inBlogs

On the list of obscenity-laced rants by Chicago personalities, this voice-mail message to Alderman Danny Solis ranks high

by Ben Joravsky March 18, 2016August 18, 2021

Deciphering Eddie Acevedo Jr.’s late-night motherbleepin’ phone call to the 25th Ward alderman.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Struggling Chicago State is the most visible pawn in Illinois’s budget standoff

by Deanna Isaacs March 3, 2016August 18, 2021

And an unlikely leader in the debate over higher-education funding.

Posted inBlogs

Don’t go to the library on MLK Day

by Deanna Isaacs January 15, 2015August 18, 2021

All Chicago Public Libraries will be closed January 19; is that a good way to honor Martin Luther King?

Posted inBlogs

Hey, Mayor Rahm—North Lawndale is good enough for a presidential library

by Ben Joravsky January 7, 2015August 18, 2021

Apparently the city thinks North Lawndale is OK for an illegal garbage dump, but not a presidential library.

Posted inBlogs

Stromboli, Quills, and other Reader-recommended movies to watch online this week

by Reader staff July 11, 2014August 18, 2021

Reader film capsules guide what you should watch online.

Posted inBlogs

“The Distance Between”: Longer in the rain

by Deanna Isaacs September 17, 2013August 19, 2021

Weather marred the opening of the University of Chicago Logan Center/Arts Incubator show “The Distance Between.”

Posted inBlogs

Springtime for poor people in Chicago

by Ben Joravsky April 10, 2013August 19, 2021

The “walk-the-walk” school-closing march—poor people never had it as good as they do in Mayor Emanuel’s Chicago.

Posted inBlogs

Artist Martyl Langsdorf, mistress of Schweikher House and creator of the world’s scariest logo

by Deanna Isaacs April 3, 2013August 19, 2021

Martyl Langsdorf, creator of the world’s scariest logo, was the last resident of Schweikher House, Schaumburg’s claim to architectural history fame.

Posted inBlogs

Morning Newsfeed: The iPad Kills Jobs, Record Spring Snowfall, Tax Day Tea Party Rant, and More

by Alex Parker April 18, 2011August 19, 2021

The Irish student beaten in a Bucktown baseball bat attack last year is struggling to recover. (Sun-Times) Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. says the iPad is responsible for killing American jobs. Well, “probably,” at least. (Real Clear Politics) The snow that you saw on the ground this morning is part of a record snowfall for spring, […]

Posted inBlogs

MLK and radicalism

by Whet Moser April 4, 2008August 19, 2021

Bloggers on the radicalism of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Posted inBlogs

MLK blogging: From their archives, to my archives, to you

by Whet Moser April 4, 2008August 19, 2021

The widespread acceptance of Martin Luther King, Jr. took longer than you might think.

Posted inBlogs

The inevitable William F. Buckley, Jr. roundup

by Whet Moser February 27, 2008August 19, 2021

A William F. Buckley, Jr. obit omnibus.

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