midterm elections Archives

The ‘tough on crime’ myth

When candidates say they’re “tough on crime,” what they really mean is “we’ll put more Black people in prison.”

In the district that’s been reelecting Mike Madigan every two years since 1970, some say they only ever see him on TV.

Ben Joravsky offers predictions for the 2018 midterm elections—including those for both houses of Congress.

Attendees circled the entrance of the church holding signs and yelling chants including “Pro-life, your name’s a lie, you don’t care if women die.”

Next week’s election could be the first in nearly 30 years to unseat a Cook County judge

The barrenness of post-election existence

When Obama speaks, people listen—but does it matter?

Will centrism die of self-inflicted wounds in tonight’s elections?

And tries to talk him – and the Illinois GOP – off the ledge.