Leonard C. Goodman is a Chicago criminal defense attorney and co-owner of the for-profit arm of the Reader. On August 29, in the final days of our 20-year occupation of Afghanistan, the United States launched a drone strike, firing a 20-pound Hellfire missile at an aid worker named Zemari Ahmadi as he parked his car […]
Tag: WikiLeaks
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Rebellion of the mushrooms
The media feeding frenzy over Mayor Lightfoot’s hacked e-mail is what happens when City Hall tries to control every aspect of what reporters see and hear.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Democrats and ruling by fear
When politicians sell out to win, we all lose.
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2019’s biggest free press stories
Assange and Manning are being persecuted for speaking truth to power.
Posted inFilm
Up close—maybe too close—with Julian Assange
Laura Poitras, who recorded the Edward Snowden leak in Citizenfour, returns with her latest documentary, Risk.
Posted inBlogs
Wikileaks reveals Rahm’s Clinton-like custom e-mail domain, and other Chicago news
Also, Black Lives Matters Chicago wants to help pay for Joshua Beal’s funeral.
Posted inBlogs
Hacked e-mails show Clinton campaign wanted to move Illinois primary from March to April or May, and other Chicago news
Donald Trump’s honorary street sign is gone.
Posted inBlogs
Urban bombing, third-trimester abortion, the scourge of slavery, and the rest of this week’s movies
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Judith Miller and WMD at the Chicago Humanities Festival
Journalist Judith Miller defends her WMD reporting at the Chicago Humanities Festival.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
The elusive definition of “journalist”
News used to be dispensed by an identifiable priesthood. Welcome to the reformation.
Posted inBlogs
Morning Newsfeed: Chicago Gas Prices Tops in the Nation
Chicagoans pay an average of $4.27 a gallon, giving our fair city the highest gas prices in the country. Meanwhile, President Obama put a task force to work to root out any fraud or manipulation in the oil markets. (Fox Chicago News) While it doesn’t ease the pain of catching a car door, the state […]