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Blogs, Bleader Mar 27, 2015
Who's going to win the mayoral election?

Desperate to figure out who's going to win the mayoral showdown between Chuy and Rahm, we turn to, of all things, a classroom poll of fifth-graders from a public school on the northwest side.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, News, Rahm Emanuel, Mayor Emanuel, Jesus Garcia, Chuy, mayor's election, Mayor 1%, Micah Uetricht, 41st Ward, John Pope, Tenth ward, Susan Sadlowski Garza, In These Times, Willie Wilson, Chicago State University, Hideout, Peter Holderness, Penny and the Jets

Blogs, Bleader Nov 27, 2013
All year long we moan and groan, so it's time for a little thanks

There are things to be thankful for in Chicago.
- By Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, News, Alderman John Arena, Alderman Leslie Hairston, Alderman Nick Sposato, Alderman Rick Munoz, Alderman Robert Fioretti, Alderman Rod Sawyer, Alderman Scott Waguespack, Alderman Toni Foulkes, Asean Johnson, cannabis, Chicago City Council, Dan Mihalopoulos, Grassroots Collaborative, Kari Lydersen, Linda Lutton, Mayor 1%, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, medical marijuana, Progressive Caucus, same sex marriage, Sarah Karp, state Rep. Greg Harris, state Rep. Lou Lang, Tim Novak, UNO

Blogs, Bleader Nov 20, 2013
A party for Mayor 1%

A few hundred or so lefties get together to celebrate Kari Lydersen's book and debate whether Chicago voters can save themselves from the mayor they elected.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, News, Kari Lydersen, Mayor 1%, Ezekiel Emanuel, Brothers Emanuel, The Forward, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Haymarket Books, Haymarket Brewery, Chicago politics, Amisha Patel, Brandon Johnson, Chicago Teachers Union, The Grassroots Collaborative, Mayor Harold Washington, Mayor Jane Byrne, Dallas Buyers Club, Matthew McConaughey

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