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Columns & Opinion, On Politics Jun 13, 2019
School board politics

Don’t give up on an elected school board, Mayor Lightfoot.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: On Politics, Lori Lightfoot, Rob Martwick, John Cullerton, Rahm Emanuel, Richard M. Daley, Miguel del Valle, Tom Keane, Edward Nedza, 31st Ward Democratic Party, Chicago Public Schools, CPS, elected school board

Columns & Opinion, On Politics Jun 22, 2016
Mayor Rahm decides it’s a good time to give himself credit for improving CPS

The mayor stops bashing the schools so he can take credit for fixing them.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: On Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Bruce Rauner, Chicago Public Schools, CPS, Crain’s Chicago Business, Ravenswood, Roseland, Sullivan High School, National Assessment of Educational Progress, Nation’s Report Card, Miguel del Valle, charter schools, education

News & Politics, Feature Jan 21, 2015
Jesus 'Chuy' Garcia's journey from a village in Mexico to the race against Mayor Emanuel

Rahm Emanuel is a heavy favorite, but Garcia offers voters a compelling personal history.
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Feature, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Karen Lewis, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Evelyn Garcia, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, Little Village, David Orr, Miguel del Valle, Timuel Black, Willie Wilson, Alderman Bob Fioretti, Bill "Dock" Walls, Dick Simpson, Toni Preckwinkle, Harold Washington, Mexico, Celia Garcia, Los Pinos, Pilsen, Saint Rita, Lola Navarro, University of Illinois at Chicago, Latin American Cultural Center, Rudy Lozano, Ronelle Mustin, Richard M. Daley, Enlace Chicago

News & Politics, Politics Aug 20, 2014
Alderman Robert Fioretti says he's just listening—but it sure looks like he's running for mayor

It's rare for a Chicago mayor to come from the City Council. But with Rahm's ratings in the tank, it might be possible.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, Robert Fioretti, 2nd Ward, City Council, Anthony Randall, Twelve Gates Missionary Baptist Church, Austin, neighborhoods, west side, municipal elections, mayoral elections, 27th Ward, 28th Ward, ward remaps, south side, Roseland, taxes, infrastructure, schools, commuters, Harold Washington, Eugene Sawyer, Richard M. Daley, Miguel del Valle, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Tribune, polls, Karen Lewis, Delmarie Cobb, Chicago Sun-Times

Columns & Opinion, On Politics May 13, 2014
Rahm reels toward his reelection bid

A new poll is the latest sign that Mayor Emanuel could be in trouble.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Sun-Times, elections, polls, Toni Preckwinkle, Chicago Teachers Union, CTU, Karen Lewis, City Council, Robert Fioretti, Robert Shaw, Richard M. Daley, parking meters, taxes, infrastructure, potholes, development, black voters, Barack Obama, Miguel del Valle, Gery Chico, south side, west side, mental health clinics, city workers, water bills, school closings, Barack Obama College Prep, Gold Coast, TIFs, tax incremement financing, Leslie Hairston, Roderick Sawyer, Toni Foulkes, Hispanic voters, Jim Oberweis, UNO, United Neighborhood Organization, Luis Gutierrez

News & Politics, Feature May 2, 2013
The underworld of raiteros

Some of America's best-known companies and largest temp agencies benefit from—and tacitly collaborate with—an underworld of labor brokers, known as "raiteros," who charge workers fees, pushing their pay below minimum wage.
- By Michael Grabell/ProPublica
- Tags: Feature, ProPublica, Chicago Workers' Collaborative, Ty Inc., Beanie Babies, raiteros, Little Village, temp agencies, Illinois wage laws, Maria Castro, Rigoberto Aguilar, Sony, Frito Lay, Pampered Chef, Smirnoff, Marlboro, Fresh Express, Chiquita Brands, McDonald's, Burger King, Select Family of Staffing Companies, Select Remedy, Tania Lundeen, Miguel del Valle, Ty Warner, D. Stephen Sorensen, Walmart, Bank of America, Toyota, Costco, Trader Joe's, General Mills, Mattel, Fisher-Price, Robert Stack Custom Staffing, Sega, Eugenio Aguilar, Xentris Wireless, Elizabeth Bellido, Cirilo, Most Valuable Personnel, Darron Grottolo, Cirilo Peralta Transportación, Bolingbrook, Gabriel Espinoza, Triune Logistics, Alfred Garza, Rudy Polheber, Sandy Lopez, Juan Rodriguez Trujillo, Leone Bicchieri, Jeff Tyler

Blogs, Bleader Apr 5, 2013
Will anyone challenge Mayor Emanuel in 2015? Anyone? Anyone?

A short list of people who, under some circumstance, could challenge Mayor Rahm Emanuel in 2015.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, News, mayor, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago politics, 2015 election, Toni Preckwinkle, fundraising, Robert Fioretti, Scott Waguespack, Roderick Sawyer, Tom Dart, Chicago City Council, Miguel del Valle, Jesus Garcia, Karen Lewis, Chicago Teachers Union, Lisa Madigan

Blogs, Bleader Nov 2, 2012
More Rahmnesia: Chicagoans trying to forget they elected Mayor Rahm

Chicago's in denial—lots of voters can't bring themselves to admit that they actually voted for Rahm Emanuel
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, News, Mayor Harold Washington, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Bernie Epton, Mitt Romney, Gery Chico, Miguel del Valle

Blogs, Bleader Oct 24, 2012
Hey, teachers: you should have voted for del Valle!

What would have happened had we elected Miguel del Valle and not Rahm Emanuel as our mayor?
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, News, Ken Davis, Miguel del Valle, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Richard Nixon, George McGovern, Gil Scot Heron

Best of Chicago, City Life Jun 23, 2011
Best local politico

Rahm Emanuel voted best local politico
- Tags: City Life, Best local politico, Readers' poll, Mayor Emanuel, Mayor Daley, Miguel del Valle

News & Politics, Politics May 19, 2011
In Chicago City Council, aldermen sweat the small stuff
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, Chicago City Council, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Tarrah Cooper, Miguel del Valle, Alderman Ed Burke, Alderman Danny Solis, Alderman Ray Suarez, Alderman Patrick O'Connor, Alderman Virginia Rugai, Alderman Brendan Reilly, Alderman Anthony Beale, Alderman Ameya Pawar

News & Politics, Politics Mar 10, 2011
Rickey Hendon: A Loud Act to Follow

But wheeling and dealing for the resignee state senator's office has already started.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, Ricky Hendon, Illinois, General Assembly, Chicago, Secretary of State Jesse White, Alderman Sharon Denise Dixon, Alderman Bob Fioretti, Miguel del Valle, Rep. Luis Gutierrez, Mayor Daley, Scott Lee Cohen, Commissioner John Daley, Alderman Ed Smith, politics, Alderman Walter Burnett, Patricia Watkins, Rep. Annazette Collins

News & Politics, Media Feb 24, 2011
No Face Time and No Endorsement

An aldermanic candidate turns thumbs-down on the thumbs-up process.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, Bart Goldberg, Election, politics, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago News Cooperative, Early and Often, Chicago Tribune, endorsements, Timothy Cullerton, Thomas Allen, Chicago Defender, Rahm Emanuel, Carol Moseley Braun, Gery Chico, Miguel del Valle

Blogs, Bleader Feb 22, 2011
Your Election-Day Morning News Roundup
- By Alex Parker
- Tags: Politics, Clout City, Chicago, mayor, election, Chicago Reader, Rahm Emanuel, Miguel del Valle, Gery Chico, Carol Moseley Braun, Twitter

Blogs, Bleader Feb 21, 2011
Artist's del Valle Mural Channels Twitter

Barack Obama had Shepard Fairey. Miguel del Valle has Maya Escobar.
- By Alex Parker
- Tags: Visual Art, Politics, Clout City, Miguel del Valle, Twitter, Maya Escobar, mural, visual art, Chicago Reader, Chicago mayor, election, politics, Willis Tower, bungalow

Blogs, Bleader Feb 18, 2011
Video
CPS students call foul on Emanuel's charter school claims
- By Dave Glowacz
- Tags: Chicagoland, Politics, Clout City, Miguel del Valle, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Public Schools, Carol Moseley Braun, mayor, politics, election, charter schools, Video

Blogs, Bleader Feb 11, 2011
Rahm the Suburbanite?

Can someone who didn't grow up in the city be an effective mayor? Rahm Emanuel’s opponents don’t think so. In a debate last night sponsored by the Chicago Urban League and Fox News Chicago, Gery Chico took aim at Emanuel’s North Shore upbringing.
- By Alex Parker
- Tags: Chicagoland, Politics, Clout City, Rahm Emanuel, Gery Chico, Carol Mosley Braun, Miguel del Valle, mayor, election, Chicago

News & Politics, Politics Feb 10, 2011
Separate, Unequal, and Ignored

Racial segregation remains Chicago's most fundamental problem. Why isn't it an issue in the mayor's race?
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Politics, Chicago, race, segregation, election, politics, census, black, white, Latino, Hispanic, demographics, Chicago Housing Authority, Patricia Watkins, William "Dock" Walls, Miguel del Valle, Rahm Emanuel, Gery Chico, Carol Mosley Braun

Blogs, Bleader Feb 2, 2011
No Snow Day for Candidates

Chicago's mayoral candidates get out in the snow.
- By Alex Parker
- Tags: Politics, Clout City, Chicago politics, mayor, election, blizzard, Rahm Emanuel, Gery Chico, Carol Mosley Braun, Miguel del Valle

News & Politics, Politics Jan 31, 2011
Video
The Ambassador Strikes Again

"You were strung out on crack," Braun shoots back at mayoral opponent.
- By John Santore
- Tags: Politics, Charles Thomas, debate, Gery Chico, Patricia Watkins, William "Doc" Walls, Carol Moseley Braun, Miguel del Valle, crack, Video

News & Politics, Politics Jan 27, 2011
Mr. Nice Guy

Is Miguel del Valle tough enough to be mayor? And does toughness matter?
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, Miguel del Valle

News & Politics, Politics Jan 27, 2011
The Rahm Ruling

The appellate justices took on a thankless job, and no thanks is what they got.
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Miguel del Valle, James Warren, Bertina Lampkin, the Atlantic, Chicago News Cooperative, Illinois Supreme Court, election, mayoral election, Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Thomas Hoffman, Chicago Council of Lawyers, Shelvin Louise Marie Hall, Illinois Department of Human Rights, Sam Zell

Blogs, Bleader Jan 24, 2011
Del Valle on the Emanuel Ruling

Miguel del Valle reacts to the appellate court decision bouncing Rahm Emanuel from the mayoral ballot, for now.
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Politics, News Bites, News, Clout City, Miguel del Valle, Rahm Emanuel, Carol Moseley Braun, Gery Chico, mayoral race

News & Politics, Politics Jan 13, 2011
The Hidden Hands

In every successful campaign—and every dud—pros are masterminding and organizing from offstage. Meet the people behind six mayoral candidates.
- By Steve Bogira, Lauri Apple, Ben Joravsky, Sam Worley, John Santore, and Whet Moser
- Tags: Politics, Harold Washington, Jane Byrne, David Axelrod, Miguel del Valle, Bruce Embrey, Scott Fairchild, Rahm Emanuel, Terrie Pickerill, Gery Chico, Anita Dunn, Mike Noonan, Carol Moseley Braun, Ken Snyder, Anita Alvarez, Bryan Zises, James Meeks, Danny Davis, Jason Perkey, Chicago mayoral election, political consultants, Chicago political consultants

News & Politics, Politics Nov 4, 2010
You Can't Lose If You Don't Run

Rahm's novel campaign strategy
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago mayor, James Meeks, Carol Mosely Braun, Miguel del Valle, Gery Chico

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Don’t give up on an elected school board, Mayor Lightfoot.

The mayor stops bashing the schools so he can take credit for fixing them.

Rahm Emanuel is a heavy favorite, but Garcia offers voters a compelling personal history.

It's rare for a Chicago mayor to come from the City Council. But with Rahm's ratings in the tank, it might be possible.

A new poll is the latest sign that Mayor Emanuel could be in trouble.

Some of America's best-known companies and largest temp agencies benefit from—and tacitly collaborate with—an underworld of labor brokers, known as "raiteros," who charge workers fees, pushing their pay below minimum wage.

A short list of people who, under some circumstance, could challenge Mayor Rahm Emanuel in 2015.

Chicago's in denial—lots of voters can't bring themselves to admit that they actually voted for Rahm Emanuel

What would have happened had we elected Miguel del Valle and not Rahm Emanuel as our mayor?

Rahm Emanuel voted best local politico

But wheeling and dealing for the resignee state senator's office has already started.

An aldermanic candidate turns thumbs-down on the thumbs-up process.

Barack Obama had Shepard Fairey. Miguel del Valle has Maya Escobar.

Can someone who didn't grow up in the city be an effective mayor? Rahm Emanuel’s opponents don’t think so. In a debate last night sponsored by the Chicago Urban League and Fox News Chicago, Gery Chico took aim at Emanuel’s North Shore upbringing.

Racial segregation remains Chicago's most fundamental problem. Why isn't it an issue in the mayor's race?

Chicago's mayoral candidates get out in the snow.

"You were strung out on crack," Braun shoots back at mayoral opponent.

Is Miguel del Valle tough enough to be mayor? And does toughness matter?

The appellate justices took on a thankless job, and no thanks is what they got.

Miguel del Valle reacts to the appellate court decision bouncing Rahm Emanuel from the mayoral ballot, for now.

In every successful campaign—and every dud—pros are masterminding and organizing from offstage. Meet the people behind six mayoral candidates.

Rahm's novel campaign strategy

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