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- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Sep 9, 2020
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Savior stories
Let’s end the myth that Mayors Daley and Rahm saved Chicago Public Schools.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Jul 7, 2020
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Enemies of my enemy
Learning to love the never-Trump crowd at the Lincoln Project
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Mar 17, 2020
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Dr. Ehrman told us so
The coronavirus pandemic was made worse by years of public health cuts.
- News & Politics, Politics Jan 17, 2019
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Q&A with mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot
"We can't move forward together as a city, as a state, as a country, if people aren't willing to see the other person and not villainize them."
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 8, 2018
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In a face-off against Pritzker, Rauner tries a little Reagan-style voodoo economics
Last week's televised debate between the governor and his Democratic challenger, J.B. Pritzker, revealed exactly nothing about the two candidates' intentions regarding the state income tax rate.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Sep 18, 2018
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BigMouth asks you to consider what Socrates, Malcolm X, and Ann Coulter have in common
Valentijn Dhaenens's one-man show is designed to start a conversation.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 20, 2018
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Queer filmmaker Derek Jarman gets a Pride Month retrospective at FilmStruck
FilmStruck celebrates Pride Month with a retrospective on queer British filmmaker Derek Jarman.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 5, 2017
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The Russian hack was Trump's Nixon moment
Newly discovered notes from an aide to Richard Nixon prove the former president connived with South Vietnam to win the 1968 presidential election.
- Arts & Culture, Art Feature Jul 7, 2016
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A major mural in Pilsen gets a few more years in the sun
Prevent World War III, an 18th Street artwork that dates to the early 1980s, gets a new life thanks to a generous endowment.
- Film, Movie Review Jul 7, 2016
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Frank Zappa was so left, he was right
A documentary profile of the avant-garage musician reveals his political conservatism.
- Arts & Culture, Lit Feature Apr 7, 2016
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Thomas Frank calls Bill Clinton and Rahm the betrayers of the 'party of the people'
In Listen Liberal, the author of What’s the Matter With Kansas? takes a break from bashing the GOP to hold a mirror up to the flaws of the Democratic Party
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 24, 2015
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The truth and fiction in Mayor Rahm's budget speech
Mayor Rahm fleeces the flock.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 28, 2015
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Mayor Rahm to Dyett activists: No free choice for you!
When it comes to giving the hunger strikers and KOCO a say in running Dyett High School, Mayor Emanuel's no longer such a big advocate for free markets and school choice.
- Arts & Culture, Book Review Jun 1, 2015
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How Ronald Reagan brought America back to greatness—or not
H.W. Brands's new biography challenges popular myths about our 40th president.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 22, 2014
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The Marx Brothers TV Collection follows the legendary comedy team into the 1950s, '60s, and '70s
A new three-DVD set from Shout! Factory collects the Marx Brothers' TV appearances.
- Arts & Culture, Book Review Jul 31, 2014
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Rick Perlstein crosses The Invisible Bridge between Nixon and Reagan
In a new book, the Chicago historian and Nation writer continues to chart America's rightward shift.
- Film, Movie Review Jun 24, 2014
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Two new documentaries ponder the market value of knowledge
Ivory Tower and The Internet's Own Boy open this week.
- News & Politics, Feature May 27, 2014
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The drug warrior
In his three-decade career, Chicago DEA chief Jack Riley has targeted the Outfit, dirty cops, street gangs, and the Sinaloa cartel, yet the drugs keep coming. He says that's all the more reason to continue fighting.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 15, 2013
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Should Obamacare have been left to the states?
Steve Chapman's Tribune column offers a strong argument, except for the comparison it doesn't draw.
- Columns & Opinion, On Media Sep 24, 2013
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The press has been as hard on Obama's stance on Syria as the public
But a couple of the president's most persistent local critics have showed him unexpected love.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 3, 2013
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Weekly Top Five: Science fiction, the art of extrapolation
Weekly Top Five: sci-films
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 12, 2013
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Sammy Sosa, Lenny Skutnik, and the State of the Union
Sosa made it into an elite SOTU club, if not the HOF.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 25, 2012
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Weekly Top Five: Reagan-era actioners
Weekly Top Five: Reagan-era actioners
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 6, 2012
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Escape to Canada?
Dreading the election? I'm not.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 31, 2012
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And in this corner, the Rainbow Coalition!
Hey kids, did you know that Reverend Jesse Jackson used to run for president?