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Home » Mary Mitchell

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Posted inMusic

What Chicago media gets wrong about Chance, Keef, and the local hip-hop scene

by Leor Galil December 21, 2017August 18, 2021

Critics who fall back on shallow tropes and ignorant cliches deny us an enriching understanding of the musical cultures in our own backyard.

Posted inBlogs

On Mary Mitchell wagging a finger at Chance the Rapper

by Michael Miner March 13, 2017August 18, 2021

Sun-Times carries a lame column on Chance the Rapper

Posted inBlogs

Let Sun-Times columnist Mary Mitchell write what she thinks about rape

by Michael Miner September 18, 2015August 18, 2021

Even if she’s wrong, let’s not muzzle Mary Mitchell—conversations change minds. Censorship doesn’t.

Posted inBlogs

Mary Mitchell thinks a prostitute can’t be raped. She’s wrong.

by Michael Miner September 16, 2015August 18, 2021

Unwilling sex at gunpoint is rape—no matter who the victim is.

Posted inBlogs

The right response to Senator Mark Kirk’s ‘Ho-Gate’

by Michael Miner June 15, 2015August 18, 2021

The Illinois senator abuses privacy to make dumb joke.

Posted inBlogs

Mayoral candidates still have a chance to speak up about racial segregation—will they?

by Steve Bogira February 4, 2015August 18, 2021

There are two Chicagos, Emanuel’s challengers agree. But so far, only one of the challengers has pinpointed the underlying problem.

Posted inBlogs

Aldermania goes to the 7th Ward!

by Ben Joravsky September 12, 2014August 18, 2021

Mayor Rahm faces a tough decision in deciding which abject loyalist he should support for alderman of the seventh ward.

Posted inBlogs

On top of everything else, Stony Island is the wrong street

by Michael Miner September 17, 2013August 19, 2021

Stony Island is the wrong street to rename in honor of Bishop Arthur Brazier

Simeon’s Leroy Franklin has amassed 738 total varsity victories, making him the fourth-ranked coach on the state’s all-time win list and second among active managers.
Posted inNews & Politics

The man who transformed high school baseball on the south side

by Adam Doster April 25, 2013August 19, 2021

Will the coach who transformed high school baseball on the south side finally get the recognition he deserves?

Posted inBlogs

A few nice words about Mayor Rahm

by Ben Joravsky January 23, 2013August 18, 2021

A few nice words about Sandi Jackson’s attempts to get Mayor Rahm to appoint her former chief of staff as alderman of the Seventh Ward

Posted inBlogs

The root cause of Chicago’s glut of murders

by Steve Bogira July 10, 2012August 19, 2021

Until the city confronts its defining problem, the blood will keep flowing in its poor neighborhoods.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

When race isn’t mentioned

by Michael Miner June 16, 2011August 19, 2021

When crime struck, Chicago’s papers didn’t focus on race, but neither have Mayor Emanuel’s neighbors

Posted inBlogs

Why Not a She-Mayor?

by Lauri Apple September 14, 2010August 19, 2021

Any of you ladies need a job?

Posted inBlogs

The Cambridge confrontation: seeking the meaning

by Michael Miner July 28, 2009August 19, 2021

The conflagration between Sergeant James Crowley and Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. in Cambridge, with added kindling compliments of the president, has served the pundits of America as the newest visitation of That Which Must Be Written About.

Posted inBlogs

Unplanned Pregnancy and Its Discontents

by Michael Miner September 2, 2008August 19, 2021

Sarah Palin and her daughter Bristol are taking a prolife stand, but the circumstances of Bristol’s pregnancy encourage a prochoice argument.

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