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- News & Politics, Feature Dec 18, 2018
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Mayoral forum recap: all the answers, none of the bullshit
At back-to-back forums last week 11 candidates fielded questions and even provided some answers.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 19, 2016
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Blackhawks celebrate Stanley Cup victory at the White House, 64-year-old serial airplane stowaway arrested at O’Hare, and other Chicago news
Also, Donald Trump's Chicago property tax break is questioned, and the Bulls' Pau Gasol stays in Chicago.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 15, 2016
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Bernie Sanders opens a campaign office in Chicago, the best and worst of the Wrigleyville McDonald’s, and other Chicago news
Also, David Axelrod recounts an interesting encounter with the late Antonin Scalia, and shots are fired at snowplow driver on the west side.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 4, 2015
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A bus tour stops by polluted Altgeld Gardens
For more than 30 years, residents of the south-side housing project—called the "toxic doughnut"—have been fighting for environmental justice.
- News & Politics, Feature Apr 8, 2015
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In reelecting Rahm, the people—and $26 million—have spoken
How money bought lots of love in Chicago's first mayoral runoff
- News & Politics, Feature Feb 25, 2015
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Now it's time for the real mayoral debate
As Rahm and Chuy prepare to do battle in the runoff election, the candidates are going to have to talk about a few pressing issues, whether they want to or not.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Jan 27, 2015
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Obama once again comes to Rahm's rescue
The president endorses the mayor in a radio spot.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 26, 2014
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Mayor Rahm does his best Richard Nixon
Mayor Rahm Emanuel takes a stand against recreational marijuana in an appeal to Chicago's non-existent "Silent Majority."
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 25, 2014
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Mayor Rahm doles out $60 million in TIF funds to build Barack Obama high school
Mayor Emanuel takes a page out of the Mayor Daley playbook.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 13, 2014
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Mayor Rahm and the minimum wage
What the heck is Mayor Rahm up to with his proposal to raise the minimum wage to $9.25 an hour?
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 27, 2013
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Chicago's black voters wake up with a Mayor Rahm hangover
Black voters in Chicago are realizing that the policies of Mayor Emanuel are not quite what they voted for.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 6, 2013
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Dr. Obama Jekyll to Mr. Joe Walsh Hyde: One man's property tax transformation
There's nothing like a property tax bill to turn a mild-mannered liberal into a raging Tea Party advocate. And the next installment could be even worse.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 21, 2013
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Richard Blanco's inaugural poem: One sky, one ground, millions of faces
The text of Richard Blanco's inaugural poem
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 16, 2013
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Steve Musgrave's portrait of Obama and friends
The Chicago Public Library unveils Steve Musgrave's portrait of President Barack Obama, with a key to his friends.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 2, 2013
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Mayor Rahm emancipates himself on guns
Emanuel's recent Sun-Times column leaves out an essential detail about the war against guns: he was missing in action when he could have done something to help wage it
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 28, 2012
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How to survive Mayor Rahm—learn from ACT UP
Chicago's black and working-class activists can learn a thing or two from the ACT UP protesters about how to get the attention of Mayor Emanuel
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 13, 2012
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The unlikables: why Mitt Romney lost the election
No wonder Obama won the election: the Democratic big tent is so big that it even includes includes Republicans like Mayor Rahm!
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 12, 2012
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White people love Derrick Smith!
The Eminem factor: Derrick Smith, the state rep who allegedly took a $7,000 bribe, did better among white voters in his election than President Obama did in his
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 7, 2012
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The Reader goes to Grant Park—four years too late
What Grant Park looks like on the night Barack Obama wins his big election, the second time
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 31, 2012
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Strange political bedfellows: Mayor Rahm and I, rooting for Obama
Mayor Emanuel leaves town to do some good, bringing out the vote for President Obama!
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 24, 2012
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What the candidates were thinking during the last debate
Inside the hearts and minds of the presidential candidates during their third and final debate
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 11, 2012
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President Obama: please save our schools from Mayor Rahm
President Obama—or someone close to the president—should call Mayor Emanuel and get him to end this strike
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 13, 2012
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CTU strike authorization: breaking the news to Mayor Rahm
Here's hoping that President Obama force Mayor Rahm to make peace with the Chicago Teachers Union
- Blogs, Bleader May 16, 2012
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Talk about strange marriages: Condoleezza Rice and Mitt Romney!
If President Obama does the right thing on gay marriage, who cares about his reason?
- Blogs, Bleader May 10, 2012
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My theory on President Obama's evolution on gay marriage
Let's be honest—President Obama always supported gay marriage
