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Best of Chicago, City Life Jun 25, 2014
Critics' Picks
Best Anti-Establishment Mouthpiece

Rachael Perrotta
- By Edward McClelland
- Tags: City Life, Best of Chicago 2014, Occupy Chicago, Columbia College, public relations, NATO, G8, activism, Food Not Bombs, Moratorium on Deportations Campaign, Twitter, @plussone, Critics' Picks

Blogs, Bleader Mar 7, 2012
What's the matter with Chicago?

It's time Chicago voters ask themselves why they support policies they don't believe in.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Clout City, News, President Barack Obama, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, NATO, G8, 2016 Olympics, Chicago Public Schools, Thomas Frank, What's the Matter with Kansas?

Blogs, Bleader Mar 6, 2012
G-wait: Is Chicago out of the spotlight, or what?

Chicago's newspapers can't seem to decide where the spotlight shines with G8 gone
- By Asher Klein
- Tags: Shameless SEO, News, G8, Chicago Tribune, Crain's

Blogs, Bleader Mar 5, 2012
President Obama comes to his senses

President Obama says Mick and Ben were right—get the G8 out of Chicago!
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Clout City, News, President Barack Obama, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, G8, NATO, Chicago Reader, International Olympic Committee

Blogs, Bleader Mar 5, 2012
G8 moving to Camp David = one less summit to protest

It's clear that to Mayor Emanuel, this was a big fucking bummer.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Clout City, News, G8, G8 summit, NATO, NATO summit, Occupy movement, protests, riots, Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel, Robert Fioretti, City Council, lawsuits, Chicago Police Department, police, Leslie Hairston

Columns & Opinion, On Culture Feb 29, 2012
What's up with the Chicago Cultural Center?

Big things at the Randolph Street landmark have gone missing
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: On Culture, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago Publishers Gallery, G8, Lord Cultural Resources, Columbia College, Michelle Boone, Orit Sarfaty

Blogs, Bleader Feb 27, 2012
Chicago's Culinary Crossroads

Local restaurants to participate in Chicago's Culinary Crossroads during the G8 and NATO summits.
- By Daniel Gerzina
- Tags: Food Chain, Politics, Food & Drink, Clout City, G8, NATO, Illinois Restaurant Association, Lori Healey, Chicago Gourmet, Henri, The Gage, Dirk Flanagan, Piccolo Sogno, Tony Priolo, Tony Hu, Tony Gourmet Group.

Blogs, Bleader Feb 23, 2012
Fighting in the streets

A recent history of U.S. mass protest
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Media, Politics, Clout City, Chicago Sun-Times, Fran Spielman, G8, NATO, protests, Miami, Free Trade Area of the Americas, World Trade Organization, Seattle, the Atlantic, Alexis Madrigal, Securitizing America, Patrick Gillham, Norm Stamper, the Nation, Occupy, John Timoney, Miami Model, Miami New Times, the Guardian, American Civil Liberties Union, coconuts, Variations on a Theme

Blogs, Bleader Feb 22, 2012
Chicago has yet to receive a dime from the feds for NATO and G8

The city has yet to receive any grant money to prepare for the summits in May
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Protest Week, Politics, Clout City, News, Variations on a Theme, G8, G8 summit, NATO, NATO summit, Occupy movement, protests, riots, Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel, Gary Schenkel, City Council, grants, Office of Emergency Communications Management, OEMC, grants, federal grants, Urban Areas Security Initiative, Lori Healey, National Special Security Event, transparency, Freedom of Information Act

Blogs, Bleader Feb 21, 2012
Protesting in Chile

APEC protests in Santiago, George W. Bush's exploits, and students facing down tear gas and water cannons.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Protest Week, Politics, Clout City, Chile, Santiago, protests, APEC, G8, NATO, George Bush, student protests, APEC protests, Protest Week, Variations on a Theme

Blogs, Bleader Feb 20, 2012
Starting today on the Bleader: Protest Week

This week's edition of "Variations on a Theme": Protest Week
- By Tal Rosenberg
- Tags: Inside the Reader, Protest Week, Politics, Behind Our Scenes, Clout City, Variations on a Theme, Protest Week, Ben Joravsky, Mick Dumke, NATO, G8

Blogs, Bleader Feb 17, 2012
President Obama: How could you let Rahm talk you into this?

Why did President Obama allow Mayor Emanuel to talk him into having the G8/NATO summits in Chicago?
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: The Reefer, Politics, Clout City, President Barack Obama, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Chicago, NATO, G8, Dick Van Dyke, Morey Amsterdam, Mick Dumke, The Big Lebowski

Blogs, Bleader Feb 16, 2012
BYO (build-your-own) Rahm masks

Annals of arts and crafts: how to attach the mayor to your face
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Media, Politics, Clout City, Rahm Emanuel, G8, NATO

Blogs, Bleader Feb 16, 2012
In this week's Reader: Your NATO/G8 primer

What's in the February 16, 2012 issue of the Reader
- By Tal Rosenberg
- Tags: Inside the Reader, Politics, Behind Our Scenes, Clout City, Mick Dumke, Ben Joravsky, NATO, G8, Deanna Isaacs, Chicago Cultural Plan, You Are Here, Chicagoans, Aldo Marin, funeral director, Show Us Your, Transformers, Zoom In, Morton Salt Company, umbrella girl, Savage Love, Alaska

News & Politics, Feature Feb 16, 2012
Your NATO/G8 primer

Everything you wanted to know about hosting international summits but were afraid to ask
- By Ben Joravsky and Mick Dumke
- Tags: Feature, G8, G8 summit, NATO, NATO summit, Occupy movement, protests, riots, Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel, Leslie Hairston, City Council, contractors, competitive bidding, civic-minded rich people, Ray Suarez, Garry McCarthy, parking meters, Chicago Parking Meters LLC, World Business Chicago, fiascos

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

News & Politics, Sidebar Feb 16, 2012
The $12 million protest

The last major Chicago protest cost the city a pretty penny. Will history repeat itself when G8 and NATO come to town?
- By Ben Joravsky and Mick Dumke
- Tags: Sidebar, G8, G8 summit, NATO, NATO summit, Occupy movement, protests, riots, Iraq War

Blogs, Bleader Jan 18, 2012
City Council concludes its approval of Emanuel's protest rules

City Council passes Emanuel's protest ordinances, but not everyone's pleased
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, Clout City, News, Rahm Emanuel, NATO, G8, protest, demonstration, First Amendment, regulations, parades, marches, Leslie Hairston, Will Burns, Walter Burnett, Robert Fioretti, Nicholas Sposato, Chicago Police Department, Chicago, Chicago City Council, aldermen, Sandi Jackson

Blogs, Bleader Jan 17, 2012
Aldermen examine new protest rules before doing what they're told

Somehow Mayor Emanuel gets his way again
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, Clout City, News, Rahm Emanuel, NATO, G8, protest, demonstration, First Amendment, regulations, parades, marches, Tom Tunney, Carrie Austin, Garry McCarthy, Chicago Police Department, Ray Suarez, James Balcer, 44th Ward, 11th Ward, 31st Ward, Chicago, Chicago City Council, aldermen

Blogs, Bleader Jan 17, 2012
The jugglers and the clowns do their ward map thing!

The city council gets ready to approve a ward map
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: The Reefer, Politics, Clout City, Alderman Patrick O'Connor, Alderman Richard Mell, Bob Dylan, cannabis, Council Wars, Evanston, G8, legislative redistricting, marijuana, Mayor Harold Washington, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Nato, public libraries, Wilmette

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