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News & Politics, The Ben Joravsky Show Jan 27, 2021
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Listen to The Ben Joravsky Show
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: The Ben Joravsky Show, podcasts, Ben Joravsky, Dennis Schetter, Chicago Reader, Video

Reader, Announcements Sep 22, 2020
We’re winners!

The Reader brought home some AAN Awards.
- By John Dunlevy
- Tags: Announcements, Chicago Reader, Association of Alternative Newsmedia, AAN Awards, Maya Dukmasova, Sujay Kumar, feature stories, Mari Cohen, writing, long-form news stories, music writing, Leor Galil, Philip Montoro, Mike Sula, Kate Schmidt, board games, Aimee Levitt, Ben Joravsky, Sue Kwong, David Alavarado, Best of Chicago, special sections, Jamie Ramsay, Lisa Predko, Brian Gladkowski, Karen Hawkins, Jamie Ludwig, Catey Sullivan, Salem Collo-Jullin, Kerry Reid, Deanna Isaacs, The TRiiBE, multimedia

City Life, Stay at Home May 12, 2020
The Reader's stay-at-home chronicles: day 53

What we're reading, watching, listening to, etc., to pass the time.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Stay at Home, COVID-19, coronavirus, Damon Krukowski, live albums, Peter Margasak, Aimee Levitt, New England-style hot dog buns, Tracy Baim, Chicago Reader, Newcity, community media, chicagoreader.com, @NeinQuarterly, Giri/Haji, Netflix, NewsRadio, Ono, Greg Dulli, Lucinda Williams, Ben Joravsky, Mick Dumke, Bob Dylan, Revolution Brewing, Noon Whistle Brewing, Metropolitan Brewing, beer

Reader, Reader events Oct 10, 2019
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[Livestream] Mobilize: ‘Power of our Pride’ discussion

Presidential forum watch party event live from Sidetrack
- Tags: Reader Events, Ben Joravsky, Maya Dukmasova, Maria Hadden, Julio Rodriguez, Imani Rupert-Gordon, Mike Ziri, Steph Skora, 2020 presidential candidates, discussion, Video

Columns & Opinion, On Politics Mar 4, 2019
Happy returns

The Ben Joravsky Show returns, streaming live Tuesday through Friday on the websites of the Reader and the Chicago Sun-Times.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: On Politics, Ben Joravsky, Reader, Sun-Times, Chicago Federation of Labor, Sameena Mustafa, Danny Solis, Ed Burke, Maya Dukmasova, Anne Elizabeth Moore

Reader, Announcements Feb 21, 2019
The Ben Joravsky Show returns February 27

Ben is back on the air. The Ben Joravsky Show will launch Wednesday, February 27, as a livestream and podcast presented by the Chicago Reader and the Chicago Sun-Times.
- Tags: Announcements, Ben Joravsky, Chicago Reader, Chicago Sun-Times

Blogs, Bleader Jan 7, 2019
Archive dive: How recycling got its start in Chicago

Ben Joravsky with the scoop on the political struggle to bring recycling to the city.
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Archive Dive, Archive dive, recycling, Ben Joravsky, Alderman Ed Burke

News & Politics, Feature Dec 18, 2018
Mayoral forum recap: all the answers, none of the bullshit

At back-to-back forums last week 11 candidates fielded questions and even provided some answers.
- By Maya Dukmasova
- Tags: Feature, Politics, News, Chicago mayor, mayoral election, Toni Preckwinkle, Ja’mal Green, Lori Lightfoot, Amara Enyia, Garry McCarthy, Dorothy Brown, Paul Vallas, Gery Chico, Susana Mendoza, Willie Wilson, La Shawn Ford, Rahm Emanuel, political debate, candidate forum, elections, Chicago Housing Initiative, CHI, Jefferson Park, UIC Forum, Chicago Teachers Union, Chicago Association of Realtors, Ben Joravsky, Copernicus Center, One North Side, Logan Square Neighborhood Association, Donald Trump, President Trump, Mayor Rahm, rent control, affordable housing, lead, People for Community Recovery, Access Living, 38th Ward Democrats, Patti Vasquez, Fraternal Order of Police, Kevin Graham, police accountability, police reform, Laquan McDonald, Chicago Public Schools, CPS, school closures, Affordable Requirements Ordinance, ARO, Altgeld Gardens, environmental justice, environmental racism, Real Estate Transfer Tax, public housing, Chicago Housing Authority, CHA, community benefits agreement, Obama Presidential Center, Obama Library, Barack Obama, President Barack Obama, aldermanic prerogative, pensions, Lincoln Yards, Sterling Bay, TIFs, Tax Increment Financing, development

Blogs, Bleader Jun 4, 2018
Former Chicago Bulls guard Craig Hodges was dropped in 1992 for suspicious reasons

Hodges was an outspoken champion for racial injustice. He believes that's the reason.
- By Steve Heisler
- Tags: Archive Dive, Sports, craig hodges, chicago bulls, ben joravsky, michael jordan, scottie pippin, horace grant, bill cartwright, phil jackson, rich east high school, nba, finals, three-point contest, gulf war, george h.w. bush, white house, Rimas Kurtinaitis, soviet, new york times

Blogs, Bleader Mar 1, 2018
Joravsky's classic ‘A Simple Game’ is the greatest story you will ever read about high school basketball

A season with the 1991-'92 Roosevelt High School Rough Riders
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: News, Sports, Ben Joravsky, A Simple Game, Roosevelt High School, Rough Riders, high school basketball, Public League, Manny Weincord, Terrell Redmond

Blogs, Bleader Jan 31, 2018
The time Ben Joravsky got Bill Ayers to admit he was an asshole

A classic profile of a very complicated subject.
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Archive Dive, Education, History, News, Bill Ayers, Ben Joravsky, Weathermen, 60s radicals, UIC, You Can't Fire the Bad Ones

Blogs, Bleader Dec 21, 2017
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Reader readers sound off about Chicago's worst things

Our readers respond to the Worst of Chicago issue with their own least-favorite local people, places, and things.
- By Ryan Smith
- Tags: News, Shots Fired, Worst of Chicago, Worst of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago police, red light cameras, Bruce Rauner, Comcast, Forrest Claypool, Ben Joravsky, Joe Berrios, Joe Ricketts, Michael Ferro, Wrigleyville, Lincoln Towing, Trump Tower, Donald Trump, Wicker Park, Logan Square, Video

Blogs, Bleader Nov 6, 2017
LCD Soundsystem and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week

A live recording of Kellye Howard album recording , a cooking demonstration from Chef Damao, and more happenings the week of 11/6-11/9
- By Steve Heisler
- Tags: Arts, Do This, lcd soundsystem, james murphy, aragon ballroom, suppress yourself, crowd theater, kevin fergus, hideout, ben joravsky, mick drumke, chef damao, gwendolyn brooks, CM Burroughs, Reginald Gibbons, Quraysh Ali Lansana, Angela Jackson, Ed Roberson, up all nite, io theater, risk, kevin allison, Emma Alamo, Haley Willow, Jacoby Cochran, Maureen Muldoon

Blogs, Bleader Apr 25, 2016
Don't think of the Reader's public appeal as a negotiating gimmick

The online petition is a cry for help from a paper starved of resources.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, News, Chicago Reader, Jake Malooley, Mara Shalhoup, Bruce Sagan, Sun-Times Holdings, Ben Joravsky, Chicago News Guild, #savethechicagoreader

Blogs, Bleader Apr 4, 2016
Pink Floyd's David Gilmour, Bacon Month kicks off, and more to do this week

First Tuesdays with Mick and Ben, Afro-Futurism, and more happenings from April 4-7
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Arts, Do This, David Gilmour, United Center, Stomping Grounds, Chicago Cultural Center, First Tuesdays, Hideout, Ben Joravsky, Mick Dumke, National Poetry Month, Poetry Foundation, Bacon Bocce Beats Booze, Chop Shop, Afro-Futurism, Second City, Tan Lin, City Lit Books, Tetrocinma Museum of Contemporary Art

Blogs, Bleader Feb 1, 2016
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Donald Trump debates Bernie Sanders in Chicago (sort of), and more things to do this week

First Tuesdays with Mick and Ben, Drink and Draw, other happenings in Chicago from February 1-4.
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Arts, Do This, The Stars Are Out, Star Wars, The Phantom Menace, North Bar, First Tuesdays with Mick and Ben, Mick Dumke, Ben Joravsky, Hideout, Gobbler's Knob Groundhog Day Spectacular, Annoyance Theatre, Drink and Draw, Spudnik Press, Peep Show, Links Hall, I Think Therefore I'm Sorry, Crowd Theater, Trump vs. Bernie: the Debate!, Space, Video

Columns & Opinion, On Transportation Jan 26, 2016
The controversial Belmont flyover has federal approval—but still faces other hurdles

Some neighborhood residents are bitterly opposed to the project, which proponents say is essential for meeting future Red Line demand.
- By John Greenfield
- Tags: Transportation, News, Transportation, Politics, Red-Purple Modernization, Red-Purple Line Bypass, Belmont flyover, Belmont bypass, Ben Joravsky, Tammy Chase, Ellen Hughes, Coalition to Stop the Belmont Flyover, Active Transportation Alliance, Joe Schwieterman, Steve Schlickmann

Blogs, Bleader Jan 4, 2016
Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival, Bowie Ball, and more things to jumpstart your 2016

First Tuesdays with Mick and Ben, Soup & Bread, and other happenings in Chicago from January 4-7.
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Arts, Do This, the Promontory, Poetory, First Tuesday with Mick and Ben, Hideout, Ben Joravsky, Mick Dumke, Tuesday Funk, Hopleaf, Soup & Bread, Bowie Ball, Berlin, Chicago SketchFest, Stage 773

Blogs, Bleader Jul 20, 2015
We picked up some honors at the AAN Awards

The Reader took home six awards over the weekend at the Association of Alternative Newsmedia convention.
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Behind Our Scenes, Boom!, Media, Association of Alternative Newsmedia, aan awards, mike sula, steve bogira, ben joravsky, max blau, the bar issue, the people issue

Blogs, Bleader Apr 7, 2015
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Rahm or Chuy? Watch us track the returns live from the Hideout

Watch a live stream of Reader writers Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky tracking runoff election returns.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Aldermania, Politics, News, Ben Joravsky, Proco Joe Moreno, Pat Dowell, Ameya Pawar, 2015 election, Rahm Emanuel, Jesus Garcia, Chuy Garcia, mayor, alderman, City Council, runoff, Hideout, CAN-TV, Video

Blogs, Bleader Apr 3, 2015
Just when you thought it was safe, here comes another debate over TIFs

Another day, another TIF dispute, but the fact remains: 48 percent of the money is going to just 5 percent of the city.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: $$$, Politics, News, tax increment financing, TIFs, Greg Hinz, Crain's, Rahm Emanuel, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, 2015 election, mayoral election, mayor, Chicago, Chicago politics, economic development, Ben Joravsky, poverty, CTA, Green Line

Blogs, Bleader Feb 5, 2015
Fact-checking Rahm's fact check of last night's debate

Some claims by Fioretti, Garcia, and Wilson are questionable, and so are Mayor Emanuel's claims about them.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Crime, $$$, Neighborhoods, Politics, News, 2015 election, Ben Joravsky, Chuy Garcia, Civic Lab, community policing, crime, debate, economic development, Jesus Garcia, mayor, parking meter deal, parking meter lease deal, parking meters, police, privatization, Rahm Emanuel, Richard M. Daley, Robert Fioretti, tax increment financing, TIFs, Willie Wilson, WTTW

Blogs, Bleader Aug 13, 2014
Reading The Natural and almost feeling hopeful about the Cubs

The Cubs may be building something promising—or maybe they're not. Does it matter?
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Books, Arts, Sports, News, Chicago Cubs, Javier Baez, Anthony Rizzo, Starlin Castro, Roy Hobbs, The Natural, Wrigley Field, baseball, Ryne Sandberg, Rick Sutcliffe, Andre Dawson, Mike Bielecki, Ben Joravsky

Blogs, Bleader Aug 5, 2014
Reader's Agenda Tue 8/5: 'Lost and Found,' Tori Amos, and First Tuesdays with Mick and Ben

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Tuesday, August 5
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Lost and Found, Intuit, Tori Amos, Chicago Theatre, Mick Dumke, Ben Joravsky, Hideout, Lauren FitzPatrick, Sarah Karp, Linda Lutton

Blogs, Bleader Jul 23, 2014
The Reader's Joravsky and Dumke win Altgeld Award

The Newberry Library honors the reporting of Ben Joravsky and Mick Dumke.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, News, Mick Dumke, Ben Joravsky, Bughouse Square, Newberry Library, Soapbox Debates, "Julius Caesar, " Haymarket Riot, John Peter Altgeld, John Peter Altgeld Award for Freedom of Speech

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