- Blogs, Bleader, May 16, 2013
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Doing it wrong on guns, Chicago-style
With guns as in schools, mental health, and economic development—you can count on Chicago to do the wrong thing.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 15, 2013
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Mayor Rahm's Chicago—in black and white
The racial breakdown in the Tribune poll on Mayor Emanuel and the schools shows that how you view the mayor depends on how he's been treating your community.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 14, 2013
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Now online: Adam Curtis's Margaret Thatcher memorial
The British essay-filmmaker has uploaded his 1995 documentary The Attic to his website.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 9, 2013
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Is segregation really bad for everyone?
A new study suggests that segregation harms all of us. If that were true we might be more committed to fighting it.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 9, 2013
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If only the students at Lincoln Park High were on the school board
The students of Lincoln Park High are the role models that the Board of Education—and the City Council—should follow.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 8, 2013
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Mayor Emanuel plays rough and tough with Cardinal George
Rahm will mess with anyone who dares to oppose his policies against the poor.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 8, 2013
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Mudslinging at the Rauner exploratory campaign for governor
"I scare politicians in both parties," Bruce Rauner says.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 7, 2013
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Tribune to Kochs? Not if they can help it.
A protest against the possible takeover is scheduled for Wednesday morning in front of Tribune Tower.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 2, 2013
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The Rosemont Cubs sound pretty good to me
There's no logical explanation for why we throw money at teams who repay our devotion and generosity with mediocrity and greed.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 2, 2013
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For black and Hispanic families, no end yet to the bottoming out
The wealth gap between white families and black and Hispanic families has grown to six to one.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 1, 2013
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Mayor Rahm says, "Pay your meters, Chicago"
Emanuel's a lot tougher on public school teachers than he is on the beneficiaries of the parking meter deal.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 26, 2013
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Critical Mass takes a stand against Mayor Rahm's school closings
On Friday, the bike gathering Critical Mass leads the charge.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 24, 2013
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Mayor Emanuel: Hire me for the new TIF job!
The time has come for the world's foremost TIF expert to start working for the city.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 23, 2013
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Meet French experimental filmmaker Jean-Gabriel Périot
Previewing an experimental shorts program organized by Chicago Filmmakers
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 19, 2013
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It's time to take the Alderman Tom Tunney pledge, Chicago
The alderman takes the blows that might otherwise go against Mayor Emanuel for the Wrigley Field impasse.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 17, 2013
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How would Mayor Emanuel treat the Ricketts family if they were poor?
Let's say as poor and powerless as the people whose schools and mental health clinics he's closing
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 15, 2013
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So Obama doesn't really think the chained CPI is "superlative"?
Is the new consumer price index really a good idea?
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 13, 2013
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Committeeman David Fagus, down but not out!
Tonight, a fund-raiser to help the 49th Ward committeeman pay off about $500,000 worth of medical bills.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 12, 2013
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Chicago’s gun laws keep getting tougher, but more people are breaking them
Chicago has the toughest gun laws in the country, but it's not clear what they're accomplishing.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 10, 2013
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Springtime for poor people in Chicago
The "walk-the-walk" school-closing march—poor people never had it as good as they do in Mayor Emanuel's Chicago.
