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Arts & Culture, Pride 2020 Jun 23, 2020
‘It was really a freeing kind of feeling’

Gary Chichester reflects on the riotous roots of the first-ever Pride parade.
- By Devlyn Camp
- Tags: Pride 2020, Gary Chichester, Pride parade, Pride 1970, Pride 2020, Stonewall Inn, Stonewall riots, Chicago Gay Alliance, Democratic National Convention, Bughouse Square, Richard Pfeiffer, Daughters of Bilitis, Mattachine Midwest, LGBTQ

News & Politics, Feature Jun 10, 2020
From soldier to worker

Police unions were born of resistance to discipline for brutality. Do they belong in the labor movement?
- By Maya Dukmasova
- Tags: Feature, Police unions, police unionization, Chicago police union, Chicago Police Department, CPD, Fraternal Order of Police, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 7, unions, labor history, labor movement, labor unions, Haymarket Affair, AFL-CIO, Chicago Federation of Labor, Chicago Teachers Union, SEIU Local 1, Dennis Gannon, Mark Donahue, strikes, labor strikes, Memorial Day Massacre, Chicago Patrolmen's Association, Afro-American Patrolmen's League, Renault Robinson, Summerdale Scandal, Richard J. Daley, Democratic National Convention, civil rights movement. Black Panther Party, Fred Hampton, Megan Marie Adams, Jane Byrne, Laquan McDonald, Jason Van Dyke, Orlando W. Wilson, Eddie Johnson, Kevin Graham, John Catanzara, collective bargaining, collective bargaining agreements, union contracts, arbitration, indemnification, Benjamin Sachs, Ana Avendaño, Bob Reiter, Jerry Morrison, National Nurses United, Carlos Ginard, Workers United, Stacy Davis Gates, Teamsters, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, George Floyd, police violence, white supremacy, public sector unions

Arts & Culture, Fall Preview Sep 19, 2018
Michelle Obama keeps keeping things real

In her new memoir Becoming, the former first lady shares her journey from the south side to the White House.
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Fall Preview, Michelle Obama, Becoming, memoir, lit, United Center, Democratic NAtional Convention, fall preview, fall preview 2018

News & Politics, Feature Sep 12, 2018
Chicago 1968: The Whole World Is Watching chronicles the chaos of the infamous DNC convention

Here's what happened when writer Terry Southern and photographer Michael Cooper flew in to cover it—with William S. Burroughs and Jean Genet along for the ride.
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Feature, Chicago 1968: The Whole World Is Watching, Michael Cooper, Terry Southern, Democratic National Convention, DNC, 1968, photography, William S. Burroughs, Jean Genet, Land and Sea Department, Michael Cooper: Chicago 1968, J.C. Gabel, Adam Cooper, Nile Southern, Esquire, Grooving in Chi, Abbie Hoffman, Yippies, Dr. Strangelove, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Stop Smiling, Hat & Beard Press, Andee Nathanson

Blogs, Bleader Aug 25, 2018
Video
How the 1968 DNC protests in Chicago ‘killed’ protest folk singer Phil Ochs

Fifty years ago, Phil Ochs performed at the bloody and chaotic protests in Lincoln Park and left a changed and broken man.
- By Ryan Smith
- Tags: History, Music, RIP, Phil Ochs, Bob Dylan, Yippies, 1968, Democratic National Convention, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jan 11, 2017
A farewell to Obama—our country’s most inclusive president

The audacious vision of a Chicago president changed politics as we knew it.
- By Derrick Clifton
- Tags: News, Politics, Barack Obama, #ObamaFarewell, Michelle Obama, POTUS, president, politics, Chicago, Democratic Party, Democratic National Convention, media, journalism, McCormick Place, education, race, LGBT, identity

Blogs, Bleader Jul 28, 2016
Scenes from the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia

The politicians, protesters, and celebs at the DNC
- By Joeff Davis and Reader staff
- Tags: News, Politics, Democratic National Convention, Philadelphia, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, protest, Bernie bros, Michelle Obama, presidential election, 2016, DNC

Blogs, Bleader Jul 28, 2016
Obama's great line—'We don't look to be ruled'—doesn't always apply to Chicago

The president's convention speech prompts some thoughts on the nature of local democracy.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: News, Politics, Barack Obama, Sharon Belkofer, Rossford, Ohio, Gold Star, Thomas Belkofer, Chicago Public Schools, elected school board, Democratic National Convention, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Patrick Quinn, term limits, 22nd Amendment

Blogs, Bleader Jul 27, 2016
Bill Clinton's DNC speech showed he's still got political game

As imperfect as he is, he's still a master at tugging the heartstrings.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: News, Politics, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Democratic National Convention, Donald Trump, Chelsea Clinton, Love Story, Brian's Song, The Kids Are All Right, Boyhood, Monica Lewinsky, Republican National Convention

Blogs, Bleader May 25, 2016
Video
Trump may be a grandiose narcissist, but he’s no match for the Lyndon Johnson of All the Way

The HBO movie about a narcissist-in-chief reveals a lot about our potential new narcissist-in-chief.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, History, Politics, Television, Atlantic Monthly, Donald Trump, Dan P. McAdams, Northwestern University, Foley Center for the Study of Lives, George Simon, Psychological Science, Bill Clinton, Richard M. Nixon, John F. Kennedy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Andrew Jackson, Lyndon Johnson, HBO Films, All the Way, Steven Spielberg, Robert Schenkkan, Bryan Cranston, John F. Kennedy, Parkland Hospital, Barry Goldwater, Civil Rights Act, Martin Luther King Jr., Anthony Mackie, J. Edgar Hoover, Stephen Root, Hubert Humphrey, Bradley Whitford, Richard Russell, Frank Langella, Lincoln Steven Spielberg, Dalton Trumbo, Jay Roach, Recount movie, Game Change movie, Walter Jenkins, Todd Weeks, Lady Bird Johnson, Melissa Leo, Democratic National Convention, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, LBJ Ranch, Cotulla, Everett Dirksen, Ray Wise, political history, presidential politics, 1964 presidential campaign, civil rights, biographical movies, narcissism, Video

Blogs, Bleader Sep 7, 2012
Romney ad blitz will spare Illinois

We're Illinois voters, and we approve of missing these messages
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Election 2012, Politics, News, Barack Obama, Democratic National Convention, political ads, Mitt Romney, Romney ad campaign, Crain's/Ipsos poll

Blogs, Bleader Sep 6, 2012
Obama's acceptance speech

How much could Obama talk about poverty without risking his reelection?
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Election 2012, Poverty, Politics, News, Democratic National Convention, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, poverty, poverty rate, The Grio, Bob Herbert, New York Times, Peter Edelman, So Rich So Poor, The Nation, Greg Kaufmann, Talk About Poverty, concentrated poverty

Blogs, Bleader Sep 5, 2012
Is poverty among Obama's priorities?

Presidents choose which crises to respond to. For more than 40 years now, poverty hasn't made the cut
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Election 2012, Poverty, Politics, News, Rahm Emanuel, Democratic National Convention, Democratic party platform, Barack Obama, Anacostia, poverty, Harlem Children's Zone, Geoffrey Canada, Promise Neighborhoods, Paul Tough, New York Times, Race to the Top

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Review May 16, 2012
Bad cop, bad cop

Chicago police get ugly in My Kind of Town and The Whole World Is Watching
- By Justin Hayford
- Tags: Performing Arts Review, John Conroy, police torture, torture, Jon Burge, TimeLine Theatre, P.J. Powers, police torture, Nick Bowling, Ora Jones, Dog & Pony Theatre Company, Democratic National Convention, 1968, Devon de Mayo, Stephen Ptacek, Black Panthers

Columns & Opinion, On Media May 16, 2012
NATO uncovered

A big international story in a city whose press no longer thinks globally
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Michael Miner on Media, NATO, NATO summit, First Amendment rights, National Writers Union, Democratic National Convention, 1968, the FBI, terrorism, protesting, war, Europe, Col War, Richard Longworth, journalism, reporting, Barack Obama

News & Politics, Sidebar Feb 16, 2012
Worried about Chicago's readiness to deal with potential G8/NATO riots?

The police are, too
- By Ben Joravsky and Mick Dumke
- Tags: Sidebar, G8, G8 summit, NATO, NATO summit, riot police, Chicago Police Department, Democratic National Convention, Anonymous, Occupy movment

Arts & Culture, Art Sidebar Nov 10, 2011
The political is performative for Sharon Hayes

The artist/activist gets her first solo show, "Focus: Sharon Hayes," at the Art Institute
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Art Sidebar, Sharon Hayes, Vietnam, activism, Republican national convention, Democratic national convention

Blogs, Bleader Aug 27, 2010
Sunday 8/29— Flux Bikes with Rob Frye

Experimental Sound Studio hosts Flux Bikes, a musical bike ride Sun 8/29 at 2 PM.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Bicycling, Chicagoland, Music, Visual Art, Free Shit, Cycling, Swag, Fluxus, Flux Bikes, anti-art, intermedia, art movements, Dick Higgins, happenings, Experimental Sound Studio, Rob Frye, Alfred Caldwell Lily Pond, Lincoln Park, Democratic National Convention, 1968, Boat House Pavilion, Humboldt Park

Blogs, Bleader Sep 16, 2008
9/16 -- RNC/DNC debriefing

9/16: RNC/DNC debriefing
- By Irma Nunez
- Tags: Free Shit, Swag, Democratic National Convention, Republican National Convention

Blogs, Bleader Sep 2, 2008
Our kind of backdrop

The primary influence to Obama's DNC backdrop isn't in DC; it's on LSD.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: News, Chicagoland, Barack Obama, Soldier Field, Democratic National Convention

Blogs, Bleader Aug 27, 2008
Love is in the air

Watch out: in Denver, Democrats are kissing, making up, and plotting.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: News, Clout City, Barack Obama, Jesse Jackson Jr., Michael Madigan, Alexi Giannoulias, Governor Blagojevich, Democratic National Convention, Lisa Madigan, Dan Hynes, David Miller, Kwame Raoul

Blogs, Bleader Aug 26, 2008
Liveblogging hope from my couch

Day 2 of the DNC: Look back in mild irritation
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: News, Chicagoland, Politics, Hillary Clinton, Democratic National Convention

Blogs, Bleader Aug 26, 2008
Our Men and Women in Denver

How did our state's best and brightest perform on stage at the Democratic National Convention?
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: News, Clout City, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Democratic National Convention, Tom Balanoff, Attorney General Lisa Madigan, Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr., Comptroller Dan Hynes, Coach Craig Robinson, City Clerk Miguel del Valle, Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias

Blogs, Bleader Aug 26, 2008
The "plot" against Obama

The tweakers behind the alleged Obama assassination plot.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: News, Chicagoland, Barack Obama, Democratic National Convention, Tharin Gartrell, assassination

Blogs, Bleader Aug 25, 2008
Thoughtful DNC liveblogging from the most important city in America

Michelle Obama reassures America that she doesn't hate us, but did the Democrats' graphic designer torpedo their chances?
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: News, Chicagoland, Politics, Michelle Obama, Democratic National Convention

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Gary Chichester reflects on the riotous roots of the first-ever Pride parade.

Police unions were born of resistance to discipline for brutality. Do they belong in the labor movement?

In her new memoir Becoming, the former first lady shares her journey from the south side to the White House.

Here's what happened when writer Terry Southern and photographer Michael Cooper flew in to cover it—with William S. Burroughs and Jean Genet along for the ride.

Fifty years ago, Phil Ochs performed at the bloody and chaotic protests in Lincoln Park and left a changed and broken man.

The audacious vision of a Chicago president changed politics as we knew it.

The politicians, protesters, and celebs at the DNC

The president's convention speech prompts some thoughts on the nature of local democracy.

As imperfect as he is, he's still a master at tugging the heartstrings.

The HBO movie about a narcissist-in-chief reveals a lot about our potential new narcissist-in-chief.

We're Illinois voters, and we approve of missing these messages

How much could Obama talk about poverty without risking his reelection?

Presidents choose which crises to respond to. For more than 40 years now, poverty hasn't made the cut

Chicago police get ugly in My Kind of Town and The Whole World Is Watching

A big international story in a city whose press no longer thinks globally

The police are, too

The artist/activist gets her first solo show, "Focus: Sharon Hayes," at the Art Institute

Experimental Sound Studio hosts Flux Bikes, a musical bike ride Sun 8/29 at 2 PM.

9/16: RNC/DNC debriefing

The primary influence to Obama's DNC backdrop isn't in DC; it's on LSD.

Watch out: in Denver, Democrats are kissing, making up, and plotting.

Day 2 of the DNC: Look back in mild irritation

How did our state's best and brightest perform on stage at the Democratic National Convention?

The tweakers behind the alleged Obama assassination plot.

Michelle Obama reassures America that she doesn't hate us, but did the Democrats' graphic designer torpedo their chances?

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