A girl from Chicago's Altgeld Gardens housing project talks about high school, murder and the long walk home
By Anonymous Oct 19, 2009
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The city's 2016 bid would have had more support if it benefited everyone, not just Mayor Daley and his cronies
By Edward McClelland
October 2, 2009
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For a lot of reasons I never endorse candidates, but I'm backing Tom Geoghegan for Rahm Emanuel's old House seat in Chicago.
By Joe Conason
February 27, 2009
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Salon does its best to figure out the state of the fight between Senate Democrats and Rod Blagojevich's pick to join them.
By Gabriel Winant
January 5, 2009
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Probably nothing. But by mishandling the scandal, his team has allowed questions to be raised where there were none.
By Joe Conason
December 19, 2008
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In a Thursday-night game that at last is worth watching, the Bears try to end New Orleans' hopes for the third straight year.
By King Kaufman
December 11, 2008
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If David Mamet didn't write the profane, wiretapped dialogue for the Illinois governor's attempt to sell Obama's Senate seat, he should have. A play in one act.
By Choire Sicha
December 10, 2008
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The perfectly coiffed politician is under arrest, sunk by his own vanity. But what did you expect? He's an Illinois governor.
By Edward McClelland
December 10, 2008
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Sarah Palin called him a terrorist, Barack Obama called him an acquaintance. A Salon editor who knew Ayers back when talks to the ex-Weather Underground member turned Republican talking point.
By Walter Shapiro
November 17, 2008
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Every year we throw away billions on a failed program to punish addicts -- an approach both candidates should know doesn't work.
By Joe Conason
October 20, 2008
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The Republican nominee makes an unusually harsh attack on his rival, and says he doesn't need lessons in telling the truth from "a Chicago politician."
By Gabriel Winant
October 6, 2008
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For a century, the Cubs have based their identity on disappointment and defeat. So what happens if they actually win it all this year?
By Edward McClelland
October 1, 2008
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Anyone who doubts that a toxic political environment can be overcome should look to Chicago. Are you listening, Senator?
By Dan Conley
May 23, 2008
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Will the black nationalists and white lefties who pushed Obama up the political ladder in Chicago prove to be a liability to his White House run?
By Edward McClelland
March 18, 2008
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A Grateful Dead-loving sociology student wormed his way into a Chicago gang -- and then stuck around to write a compelling portrait of life in the projects.
By Laura Miller
February 28, 2008
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In this conversation and podcast, director Brett Morgen explains why his exhilarating, controversial "Chicago 10" is about 2008 and not 1968.
By Andrew O'Hehir
February 28, 2008
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Barack Obama celebrated his heartland victories back home in Illinois, where seldom was heard a word of Hillary Clinton's coastal triumphs.
By Edward McClelland
February 6, 2008
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It was almost inevitable that Obama, as a Chicago politician, would spend a lot of quality time with someone like recently jailed Rezko. But that doesn't excuse bad judgment.
By Edward McClelland
February 1, 2008
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Popular proposals to choke off federal support to immigrant-friendly "sanctuary cities" would also dry up anti-terror funding for the cities most at risk.
By Alex Koppelman
October 4, 2007
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Was Rahm Emanuel the reason the Democrats took back the House in the 2006 election? A Chicago reporter makes the case.
By Edward McClelland
May 8, 2007
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There must be a way to stop NBA teams who have clinched their playoff spot from tanking or "resting their starters" in games that still have meaning.
April 18, 2007
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Conference tournament madness: It's fun to watch the small-timers if you don't mind rooting for the overdog. Plus: Chicago Olympics. And: Barry's big head.
March 7, 2007
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Today he drips with charisma and inspires fawning admiration from all quarters. But Obama began his journey as a smug young man with little political future.
By Edward McClelland
February 12, 2007
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I'm from Milwaukee but Chicago is now my hometown -- do I root against the Bears, for the Colts, or what?
By Cary Tennis
February 3, 2007
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Unlike alleged al-Qaida terrorist Jose Padilla, right-wing "dirty bomber" Demetrius Crocker was investigated and prosecuted the old-fashioned constitutional way.
By Alex Koppelman
December 18, 2006
"Last year, the police Maced the whole hallway"
Why Chicago didn't want the Olympics
Wherein I break one of my rules
The week in Roland Burris
What's Obama hiding about Blagojevich?
Saints march to Chicago doom again?
Glengarry Rod Blagojevich
Rod Blagojevich's bad hair day
Bill Ayers talks back
Budget cutting? Take a hatchet to the war on drugs
McCain: "Who is the real Barack Obama?"
Can the Chicago Cubs lose for winning?
Look homeward, Obama
The crazy uncles in Obama's attic
The unlikeliest gangbanger
Chicago '68, remixed
Sweet home Chicago
How close were Barack Obama and Tony Rezko?
Congress to New York (and Chicago and L.A.): Drop dead
The legend of Rahm
How Obama learned to be a natural
I'm rooting for the Green Bay Packers in the Super Bowl
The terrorist you've never heard of
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