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Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT By Anonymous Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/19/chicago_fenger/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/19/chicago_fenger/index.html?source=rss A girl from Chicago's Altgeld Gardens housing project talks about high school, murder and the long walk home By Edward McClelland Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/10/02/chicago_olympics/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/10/02/chicago_olympics/index.html?source=rss The city's 2016 bid would have had more support if it benefited everyone, not just Mayor Daley and his cronies By Joe Conason Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/02/27/geoghegan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/02/27/geoghegan/index.html?source=rss 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 Gabriel Winant Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/01/05/burris_update/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/01/05/burris_update/index.html?source=rss Salon does its best to figure out the state of the fight between Senate Democrats and Rod Blagojevich's pick to join them. By Joe Conason Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/12/19/rahm/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/12/19/rahm/index.html?source=rss Probably nothing. But by mishandling the scandal, his team has allowed questions to be raised where there were none. By King Kaufman Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/2008/12/11/chicago/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/2008/12/11/chicago/index.html?source=rss 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 Choire Sicha Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/12/10/mamet/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/12/10/mamet/index.html?source=rss 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 Edward McClelland Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/12/10/blagojevich/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/12/10/blagojevich/index.html?source=rss The perfectly coiffed politician is under arrest, sunk by his own vanity. But what did you expect? He's an Illinois governor. By Walter Shapiro Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/11/17/ayers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/11/17/ayers/index.html?source=rss 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 Joe Conason Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/10/20/drug_war/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/10/20/drug_war/index.html?source=rss Every year we throw away billions on a failed program to punish addicts -- an approach both candidates should know doesn't work. By Gabriel Winant Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/10/06/mccain_chicago/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/10/06/mccain_chicago/index.html?source=rss 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 Edward McClelland Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/10/01/chicago_cubs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/10/01/chicago_cubs/index.html?source=rss 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 Dan Conley Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/05/23/obama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/05/23/obama/index.html?source=rss Anyone who doubts that a toxic political environment can be overcome should look to Chicago. Are you listening, Senator? By Edward McClelland Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/03/18/hyde_park/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/03/18/hyde_park/index.html?source=rss 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 Laura Miller Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/02/28/gang_leader/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/02/28/gang_leader/index.html?source=rss 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 Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/02/28/morgen/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/02/28/morgen/index.html?source=rss In this conversation and podcast, director Brett Morgen explains why his exhilarating, controversial "Chicago 10" is about 2008 and not 1968. By Edward McClelland Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/02/06/obama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/02/06/obama/index.html?source=rss 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 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/02/01/rezko/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/02/01/rezko/index.html?source=rss 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 Alex Koppelman Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/10/04/sanctuary/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/10/04/sanctuary/index.html?source=rss 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 Edward McClelland Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/05/08/rahm_emanuel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/05/08/rahm_emanuel/index.html?source=rss Was Rahm Emanuel the reason the Democrats took back the House in the 2006 election? A Chicago reporter makes the case. Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/04/18/wednesday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/04/18/wednesday/index.html?source=rss 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. Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/03/07/wednesday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/03/07/wednesday/index.html?source=rss 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. By Edward McClelland Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/12/obama_natural/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/12/obama_natural/index.html?source=rss 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 Cary Tennis Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/02/03/chicago_bears/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/02/03/chicago_bears/index.html?source=rss I'm from Milwaukee but Chicago is now my hometown -- do I root against the Bears, for the Colts, or what? By Alex Koppelman Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/12/18/tennessee_terrorist/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/12/18/tennessee_terrorist/index.html?source=rss Unlike alleged al-Qaida terrorist Jose Padilla, right-wing "dirty bomber" Demetrius Crocker was investigated and prosecuted the old-fashioned constitutional way.