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- News & Politics, News Oct 16, 2020
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Queer folks of color want to cancel today’s Buttigieg-Lightfoot book event
Activists say the pair's public conversation about “trust and distrust” shows the problems with assuming marginalized people have progressive values.
- News & Politics, Politics Mar 26, 2018
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Sixteen months after cops killed Joshua Beal, still no ruling on whether the shooting was justified
Neither of the off-duty officers involved in the shooting or the dispute that preceded it were in full uniform, as police have claimed.
- News & Politics, Politics Feb 20, 2018
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Ex-Chicago police oversight head: ‘I don't know Rahm well’
Attorney general hopeful Sharon Fairley says there's more to her candidacy than her work for IPRA.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 24, 2018
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Department of Justice threatens to subpoena sanctuary cities including Chicago, and other news
Also, the Chicago Teachers Union is not happy that CPS might relax its ethics code.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 24, 2017
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Appeals court rules in Chicago's favor and against Jeff Sessions in sanctuary city lawsuit, and other news
Also, Auschwitz survivor "Ben the Barber" dies at 98.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 10, 2017
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Cubs, Blackhawks, large concert venues are not fans of Emanuel's concert ticket tax increase, and other Chicago news
Also, the City Council approved a $95 million police training academy despite a plea from Chance the Rapper.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 27, 2017
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Emanuel stands by police decision to reprimand two cops pictured kneeling in protest, and other Chicago news
Also, Whitney Young High School suddenly cancels the rest of its football season.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 26, 2017
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Rauner slams NFL players who protest the national anthem and flag before games, and other Chicago news
Also, a Rascal Flatts restaurant is (seriously) opening in the Fulton Market District.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 14, 2017
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Police officers elect new union president, and other Chicago news
Also, the passenger dragged from a United Airlines plane at O'Hare reportedly suffered a concussion, lost two front teeth, and had his nose broken.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 23, 2017
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Lots of questions about police accountability, few satisfying answers from IPRA director
Sharon Fairley spoke with the Invisible Institute’s Jamie Kalven—and a room of Chicagoans sick of waiting for police reform.
- News & Politics, Politics Dec 21, 2016
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2016 was the year Chicago finally got serious about police reform
But it was also the year many citizens became convinced that reform is impossible.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 6, 2016
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City Council approves Rahm's plan for a new police oversight agency, and other Chicago news
Also, a new poll shows Tammy Duckworth leading Senator Mark Kirk by 14 percent.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 5, 2016
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More than 70 percent of the City Council purchased Cubs playoffs tickets at face value, and other Chicago news
Also, creepy clowns reportedly sighted in the city and suburbs.
