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Blogs, Bleader Jun 4, 2018
Former Chicago Bulls guard Craig Hodges was dropped in 1992 for suspicious reasons

Hodges was an outspoken champion for racial injustice. He believes that's the reason.
- By Steve Heisler
- Tags: Archive Dive, Sports, craig hodges, chicago bulls, ben joravsky, michael jordan, scottie pippin, horace grant, bill cartwright, phil jackson, rich east high school, nba, finals, three-point contest, gulf war, george h.w. bush, white house, Rimas Kurtinaitis, soviet, new york times

Blogs, Bleader Jan 26, 2018
University of Chicago defends Steve Bannon debate invite citing freedom of speech, and other news

Also, Chicago will comply with a Department of Justice request for immigration documents.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, University of Chicago, Steve Bannon, University of Chicago Booth School of Business, immigration issues, globalization, freedom of speech, Jeff Sessions, sanctuary cities, Rahm Emanuel, Department of Justice, Kabul, Afghanistan, Glenn Selig, Drew Peterson, Rod Blagojevich, Patti Blagojevich, Taliban, Chicago Bears, football, Dave Duerson, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, Donald Trump, White House, Chicago Restaurant Week

Blogs, Bleader Oct 17, 2017
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Chicago named the rat capital of the country for the third consecutive year, and other news

Also, Harvey Weinstein's unlikely 1985 Bears connection.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, rats, Orkin, New York City, Los Angeles, gun violence, Cynthia Trevillion, Christian Community Church, Morse Avenue, Gary Comer Youth Center, Barack Obama, Obama Foundation, White House, Lurie Children's Hospital, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Harvey Weinstein, Linda Matlow, Chicago Bears, Super Bowl, Jim McMahon, William "the Refrigerator" Perry, Soldier Field, Sister Sledge, Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow, sexual harassment, sexual assault, University of Chicago Divinity School, University of Chicago, Laurie Zoloth, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jun 29, 2017
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Trump shades Cubs during White House visit: ‘Your team’s doing OK,’ and other Chicago news

Also, a GOP state representative says Rauner and Madigan need to "sit on the sidelines" to let lawmakers reach a compromise on the long-overdue state budget.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago Cubs, Donald Trump, White House, Barack Obama, Washington Nationals, Jason Van Dyke, Laquan McDonald, Chicago Police Department, Bruce Rauner, Mike Madigan, state budget impasse, Dan Brady, Bloomington, Illinois General Assembly, City Council, Brendan Reilly, gun violence, Rahm Emanuel, reality television, ABC7 Chicago, The Bachelorette, Jake Arrieta, Max Scherzer, Video

Blogs, Bleader Apr 27, 2017
Local Syrian-American doctors support Trump’s missile strikes, despite skepticism

These Chicago-area doctors are concerned about president’s next step, but desperate for an end to the bloody civil war.
- By Sarah Conway
- Tags: News, Immigration, Politics, Syria, SAMS, Donald Trump, Women’s March Illinois, Women For Syria, Syrian Americans, White House, Syrian refugees, refugee crisis, Bashar al Assad

Blogs, Bleader Feb 28, 2017
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CPS will have to end current school year 20 days early without more state funding, and other Chicago news

Also, Pitchfork's headliners are Solange, LCD Soundsystem and A Tribe Called Quest.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Chicago Public Schools, State of Illinois, education, Bruce Rauner, Donald Trump, White House, National Governors Association, Eddie Johnson, Chicago Police Department, FBI, winter weather, National Weather Service, Pitchfork Festival, Union Park, Solange, LCD Soundsystem, A Tribe Called Quest, Chance the Rapper, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jan 23, 2017
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Turnout for the Women's March on Chicago exceeded all expectations, and other news

Also, Taraji P. Henson gave away free Hidden Figures tickets to low-income families.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Women's March on Chicago, Donald Trump, El Chapo Guzmán, drug trafficking, Mexico, New York, drug cartels, narcotics, White House, Barack Obama, Christi Parsons, Mike Pence, gun violence, Marines, Taraji P. Henson, Empire, Hidden Figures, movies, Kings of Leon, rock music, United Center, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jan 17, 2017
Progressive Caucus aldermen ask DOJ to investigate city law department, and other Chicago news

Also, the head of the local Fraternal Order of Police responds to the DOJ report.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, City Council, Progressive Caucus, Scott Waguespack, Loretta Lynch, Department of Justice, City of Chicago Law Department, Chicago Police Department, Fraternal Order of Police, Dean Angelo, Eddie Johnson, Youth for Black Lives, police shootings, Anthony Guglielmi, White House, Barack Obama, Chicago TV, Ari Emanuel, Hollywood, Donald Trump, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago history, Chicago History Museum

Blogs, Bleader Jan 12, 2017
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The World Series-winning Cubs will be the last team Obama hosts in the White House, and other Chicago news

Also, the Department of Justice will reportedly release the findings of its Chicago police probe Friday.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago Cubs, Cubs World Series, World Series, White House, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Todd Ricketts, Chicago Police Department, Department of Justice, Lori Lightfoot, Michael Madigan, Illinois General Assembly, Illinois House of Representatives, Scott Drury, Sasha Obama, Michelle Obama, Malia Obama, Obama farewell speech, lead, Governor Bruce Rauner Chicago, Illinois, National Veterans Art Museum, Kurt Vonnegut, University of Chicago, World War II, Cornell University, Video

Blogs, Bleader Dec 6, 2016
President-elect Trump called Rahm Emanuel for advice on his transition, and other Chicago news

Also, Democratic billionaire businessman J.B. Pritzker is considering a self-funded 2018 run for governor.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Donald Trump, Rahm Emanuel, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, White House, immigration issues, J.B. Pritzker, Election 2018, food trucks, Chicago, gun violence, Veronica Roth, Divergent series

Columns & Opinion, Identity & Culture Nov 16, 2016
We don't need ‘unity’ after Trump's election. We need resistance.

He's #NotMyPresident.
- By Derrick Clifton
- Tags: Identity & Culture, Election Day, election, Election 2016, presidential election, president, 2016, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, voting, protest, resistance, unity, politics, White House, Stephen Bannon, white supremacy, racism, white nationalism, Muslim, Mexico, Mexicans, LGBT, gay, black, African American, women, sexism, misogyny, #NotMyPresident

Blogs, Bleader Nov 9, 2016
Trump Tower now looks like a middle finger to Chicago

Donald Trump's River North edifice, recently an object of playful scorn, is now a monolithic reminder of a sobering reality.
- By Ryan Smith
- Tags: News, Politics, Seriously?, Donald Trump, Trump Tower, Hillary Clinton, Fox News, presidential election, White House, Make America Great Again, president, Wrigleyville, Chicago Cubs, Rebar

Blogs, Bleader Oct 5, 2016
More than 70 percent of the City Council purchased Cubs playoffs tickets at face value, and other Chicago news

Also, creepy clowns reportedly sighted in the city and suburbs.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago Cubs, City Council, Illinois General Assembly, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, Leslie Hairston, Independent Police Review Authority, Rahm Emanuel, Civilian Office of Police Accountability, police brutality, Common, White House

Blogs, Bleader Jun 29, 2016
Warm up for this weekend's Chosen Few Music Festival with DJ Alan King's latest late-night mix

Between working as a partner at a law firm and helping the Chosen Few Picnic expand to two days, Alan King found the time to make his monthly Late Night Sessions mix for June.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Do This, Music, Chosen Few Picnic, Chosen Few Music Festival, Alan King, Wayne Williams, Tony Hatchett, Andre Hatchett, President Obama, White House, 12 O'Clock Track, Soundcloud

Blogs, Bleader Oct 17, 2013
Budget deal nothing to gloat about for Democrats

Republicans humiliated themselves, but it's hardly a big win for liberals.
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Politics, News, budget deal, default, government shutdown, President Obama, New York Times, White House, Jay Carney, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, sequester, Peter Beinart, Daily Beast, state of the union address, universal preschool, minimum wage

Blogs, Bleader Jul 29, 2013
Obama picks blogger Nate Silver to chair Federal Reserve

Just another task for FiveThirtyEight.
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: $$$, Humor, Media, News, humor, Nate Silver, Barack Obama, Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, White House, FiveThirtyEight, New York Times, ESPN, ABC News

Blogs, Bleader Jul 19, 2013
Obama addresses Zimmerman verdict and nation's troubled racial history

"There are very few African-Americans who haven't had the experience of getting on an elevator, and a woman clutching her purse," the president said.
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: News, President Obama, Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman, White House, race, poverty, racial profiling

Blogs, Bleader Nov 21, 2012
White House turkey begs your pardon

In a fake Facebook contest. Also: Honey Boo Boo.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Election 2012, Segregation, Turkey Week, Food & Drink, News, White House, Barack Obama, Honey Boo Boo, Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, Jesus H. Christ, turkeys, Thanksgiving, Turkey Week, Variations on a Theme, Glitzy, pageant gay pigs

Blogs, Bleader Jun 14, 2012
The presidency: take this job and love it

If Obama's so smart, why does he want four more years?
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Election 2012, Politics, News, Barack Obama, second term, reelection, presidents, unemployment, poverty, inequality, foreclosures, European debt crisis, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Taxmageddon, spending cuts, tax increases, Congress, White House, inauguration, Syrian massacres, bombings in Iraq, Shiites, Sunnis, Afghanistan, Libya, Yemen, Egypt, Iran, uranium enrichment, North Korean missiles, terrorism, Russia, China, Secret Service, Mitt Romney, midterms, Bush tax cuts, minimum wage, carbon fuel standard, cap-and-trade, Guantanamo, Ryan Lizza, term limits, New Yorker, Bill Daley, Affordable Care Act, Supreme Court, Theo Epstein, Cubs, Boston Globe, major league baseball, climate change

Blogs, Bleader Jan 9, 2012
The President's ménage à trois

Running a country is tough—keeping your two partners happy is even tougher.
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Politics, News, Clout City, President Obama, Michelle Obama, Rahm Emanuel, Jodi Kantor, Ron Susman, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, health care reform, public option, bank restructuring, idealism, pragmatism, Wall Street Journal, Wall Street, Congress, investment banking, Christina Romer, council of economic advisers, White House, Bill Daley, Jack Lew, Eric Cantor

Blogs, Bleader Aug 15, 2011
White House jobs approach focused on keeping Obama employed

The White House is debating whether to be tame or bold in its next jobs proposals. Tame is winning.
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Politics, News, Clout City, White House, job creation, New York Times, Chicago, William Daley, chief of staff, President Obama, David Plouffe, Congress, free trade agreements, patent protections, inventors, chief economic adviser, Gene Sperling, economy, stimulus spending, Congressional Republicans, voters, 2012, John Cassidy, New Yorker, Wall Street, disapproval ratings, infrastructure, community service, job-sharing, Germany

Blogs, Bleader May 4, 2011
Mayor Daley's Last Stand
- By Alex Parker
- Tags: Morning Newsfeed, Mayor Daley, Tilted Kilt, Cook County, Tommie Talley Jr., Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, White House, President George W. Bush, President Barack Obama, Facebook, Medill

Blogs, Bleader Jan 6, 2011
It's Official

Bill Daley: Your new WH CoS
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Politics, Clout City, Bill Daley, White House, Chief of Staff, Consumer Protection Financial Bureau

Blogs, Bleader Nov 2, 2009
Redmoon at the White House
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Visual Art, Performing Arts, Arts, Redmoon, Halloween, White House

Blogs, Bleader Aug 24, 2009
The Privatized Option
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Politics, Clout City, health care, public option, insurance industry, White House, Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel, politics

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