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Blogs, Bleader Feb 6, 2018
Daniel Biss on Abu Ghraib, how to resist the urge to check out at the words ‘pension crisis,’ and what he's learned from Michael Madigan

The Illinois gubernatorial candidate talks about the arc of progressive politics and what's required to bring change to the state capitol.
- By Maya Dukmasova
- Tags: News, Politics, Daniel Biss, Illinois primary, Democratic primary, Illinois governor, gubernatorial election, Mike Madigan, Abu Ghraib, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Howard Dean, Daily Kos, netroots, campaigns, campaigning, Iraq War, DSA, Democratic Socialists of America, socialism, Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, BDS, Fritz Kaegi, Joseph Berrios, Joe Berrios, Cook County Assessor, property taxes, pensions, pension crisis, Illinois State House, Illinois State Senate

News & Politics, Chicago Reader at Forty Sep 1, 2011
2004

The year in Chicago history via the pages of the Reader
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Chicago Reader at Forty, Wilco, Jeff Tweedy, drugs, Reader redesign, makeover, rat's ass, Gavin McInnes, Vice magazine, Dos & Don'ts, racists, Chicago Antisocial, Liz Armstrong, Abu Ghraib, John Conroy, torturer's defense

Blogs, Bleader Sep 16, 2010
Toronto International Film Fest Review: Tabloid

J.R. Jones reviews Errol Morris's Tabloid, screening as part of the Toronto International Film Festival.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Toronto International Film Festival, Errol Morris, Mr. Death The Rise and Fall of Fred A Leuchter Jr, Vietnam war, The Fog of War Eleven Lessons From the Life of Robert S. MacNamara, Abu Ghraib, Standard Operating Procedure, Joyce McKinney, Gates of Heaven, Vernon Florida, Showtime, Mormonism, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, film festivals, documentaries, movies

News & Politics, Media Jul 8, 2010
Conroy on Burge

The reporter who's spent 20 years investigating the police torture kingpin on why the perjury verdict surprised even him.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, Jon Burge, John Conroy, Andrew Wilson, Unspeakable Acts, Ordinary People: The Dynamics of Torture, CPD, Chicago Police Department, Ray Coffey, Mike Royko, Area Two, Torture at Times: Waterboarding in the Media, Abu Ghraib, waterboarding, torture, police torture, Clark Hoyt, Alison True, House of Screams, WBEZ, Vocalo

Arts & Culture, Book Review May 7, 2009
The Punishment We Deserve

How did the American penal system become abusive?
- By Noah Berlatsky
- Tags: Book Review, Lit & Lectures, Books, Cruel and Unusual: The Culture of Punishment in America, Anne-Marie Cusac, Capital punishment, Roosevelt University, Founding Fathers, Christianity, prison reform, rates of incarceration, Abu Ghraib, torture, solitary confinement, The Exorcist, media, television news, Dick Cheney, Bush administration, Benjamin Rush

Blogs, Bleader Apr 28, 2008
Errol Morris SOP

Is paying interviewees kosher when you're Errol Morris?
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, New Yorker, New York Times, documentary films, Errol Morris, Standard Operating Procedure, Abu Ghraib, prisoner abuse, Philip Gourevitch

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Daniel Biss on Abu Ghraib, how to resist the urge to check out at the words ‘pension crisis,’ and what he's learned from Michael Madigan

The Illinois gubernatorial candidate talks about the arc of progressive politics and what's required to bring change to the state capitol.

2004

The year in Chicago history via the pages of the Reader

Toronto International Film Fest Review: Tabloid

J.R. Jones reviews Errol Morris's Tabloid, screening as part of the Toronto International Film Festival.

Conroy on Burge

The reporter who's spent 20 years investigating the police torture kingpin on why the perjury verdict surprised even him.

The Punishment We Deserve

How did the American penal system become abusive?

Errol Morris SOP

Is paying interviewees kosher when you're Errol Morris?

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Daniel Biss on Abu Ghraib, how to resist the urge to check out at the words ‘pension crisis,’ and what he's learned from Michael Madigan

The Illinois gubernatorial candidate talks about the arc of progressive politics and what's required to bring change to the state capitol.

2004

The year in Chicago history via the pages of the Reader

Toronto International Film Fest Review: Tabloid

J.R. Jones reviews Errol Morris's Tabloid, screening as part of the Toronto International Film Festival.

Conroy on Burge

The reporter who's spent 20 years investigating the police torture kingpin on why the perjury verdict surprised even him.

The Punishment We Deserve

How did the American penal system become abusive?

Errol Morris SOP

Is paying interviewees kosher when you're Errol Morris?

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