Content note: This column contains mention of hazing and sexual assault. Northwestern University (NU) may not win many, or any, football games this season. But, man, when it comes to cynical acts of duplicity and deceit, they may already be the champs. Oh, where to start with the football hazing scandal that gets more scandalous […]
Tag: Mayor Rahm Emanuel
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High grades
In the aftermath of presiding over his first City Council meeting, Mayor Brandon Johnson gave himself the highest grade possible. “If you’re keeping score, I believe it was 41 alderpersons voted for it,” Johnson told reporters. “I would consider that an ‘A’ grade. I mean—I don’t know what a brother’s gotta do to get a […]
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Karen’s plan
At the risk of making you think I’m weirder than you may already think I am . . . Sometimes when walking alone late at night, I talk to friends and family who have died. Been doing it for a couple of years now. Going back to the pandemic when the streets were so deserted […]
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Q&A with mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot
“We can’t move forward together as a city, as a state, as a country, if people aren’t willing to see the other person and not villainize them.”
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Here’s hoping that the myth of the bad teacher is finally laid to rest
Even Mayor 1 Percent is backpedaling away from his earlier support of charter schools and his refusal to
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Pro tip for mayoral hopefuls: Don’t govern by press release, do sweat the small stuff
Many Chicagoans never felt that Rahm Emanuel was their mayor.
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‘This is a march of civil disobedience’ [PHOTOS]
On the ground at the August 2 protest that shut down Lake Shore Drive on its way to Wrigley Field.
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Divvy at 5: Chicago’s bike share is better than ever
The city’s system can’t be beat—too bad the bikes are so ugly.
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Sixteen months after cops killed Joshua Beal, still no ruling on whether the shooting was justified
Neither of the off-duty officers involved in the shooting or the dispute that preceded it were in full uniform, as police have claimed.
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TK Joshua Beal
Formal family photo at Tiffaney Boxley’s mom’s 59th birthday circa 2011 with Joshua alone; a group photo of Tiffaney, Malik, Michael, Joshua, and Tiffaney’s nephew AkirCredit: Courtesy Joshua Beal’s Family Tiffaney Boxley, Josh, Josh’s sister in pink Aaliyah Boxley and Tiffaney Boxley’s grandmother Deborah Wilson in wheel chairCredit: Courtesy Joshua Beal’s Family Woman in pink […]
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Would far-south-siders be willing to swap the long-awaited Red Line extension for a cheaper, quicker solution?
Residents of Roseland, Pullman, and other neighborhoods south of 95th weigh in on the Electric Line conversion.
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If Mayor Rahm really wanted to stop poor people from leaving Chicago, he’d stop giving TIF handouts to corporations
Instead another TIF deal benefits benefits a downtown building instead of neighborhoods in need.
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Amazon won’t save the Thompson Center, but Nathan Eddy might
The Berlin-based documentary filmmaker hopes to rescue a building in danger of destruction.
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Forrest Claypool pulls a Jeff Sessions
The CPS boss apologizes for an invoice change he previously said he didn’t recall—after being shown proof of the change.
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If the CTA raises fares, it should improve service and make the payment system more equitable
Speeding up bus service and reducing costs for lower-income residents would soften the blow.