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- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Mar 10, 2021
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Bad for your health
The city is still concealing many of the secrets regarding General Iron, Lincoln Yards, and Mayor Rahm.
- Music, Music Feature Apr 28, 2020
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Ratboys have been forced off the road, but they’re still on the rails
The Chicago indie rockers recently released their best album yet, and though they can’t tour, they’re finding ways to stay connected to their fans.
- City Life, Shop Local Mar 24, 2020
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Support Chicago businesses from your couch
Because Amazon is gonna be just fine.
- Film, Movie Feature Mar 10, 2020
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Chicago Movie Journal: Two Walshes, two Invisibles
Four films exploring humanity, made for the big screen.
- News & Politics, Feature Jan 15, 2020
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Prime suspects
How would anyone benefit from sending unsolicited, free Amazon packages to random addresses?
- Music, Gossip Wolf Jan 7, 2020
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Noname’s Book Club suggests libraries instead on National Fuck Amazon Day
Plus: Led Zeppelin 2 tour to celebrate Led Zeppelin III, and guitarist and composer Kevin and Hell drops a new record at his birthday party.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Oct 22, 2019
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Feast to famine
Just last year Chicago had billions for Amazon but now it’s suddenly too broke for schoolkids.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Feb 14, 2019
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Four characters battle existential dread in an Amazon-like Fulfillment Center
The Red Orchid cast is adept at humanizing some incredibly flawed human beings.
- Music, Music Feature Jan 23, 2019
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Why won’t City Hall fight for Chicago’s homegrown music scene?
The Chicago Independent Venue League shouldn’t have to push back against the Live Nation handouts in the Lincoln Yards development—but the city doesn’t protect its own treasures.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Nov 27, 2018
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An expression of gratitude for political and local events over the last year
Good job, Illinois voters. Bravo, Jeff Bezos (in a backhanded sort of way).
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 20, 2018
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Rahm & Rauner help Amazon play New York City and Virginia like a bunch of saps
Bringing Amazon HQ2 to Chicago was the dream of only Mayor Rahm and his faithful sidekick Governor Rauner—both of whom will be leaving office shortly, thank you very much.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 27, 2018
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Governor Rauner vetoes a tax break for Englewood while offering billions to Amazon
Governor Rauner has put the kibosh on state rep Sonya Harper's urban agriculture bill on grounds that never seemed to trouble him in the case of upscale development.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 9, 2018
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Rahm and Rauner's phony Ryan feud: Don’t be fooled by the Twitter barbs
Here’s hoping voters are too sophisticated to fall for the supposed discord over the protest that shut down the Dan Ryan.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 22, 2018
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If Rauner loves African-Americans, he’s got a funny way of showing it
Evaluating the governor's claim to have done "historic things for the black community. I would argue more than any other governor."
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 5, 2018
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With friends like Republican Jeanne Ives, Illinois women don’t need enemies
Ives and her party have repeatedly opposed legislation that would help women and children.
- Blogs, Bleader May 21, 2018
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City Council should investigate Rahm, not Lori Lightfoot
There are a lot more questions we need answers to about Mayor Rahm than about his former police board chair.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 10, 2018
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Rahm's mopless privatization deal has left the schools filthier than ever
The schools are dirty thanks to a deal that didn't save the city much money.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 30, 2018
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Can Captain Kirk deliver Amazon to Chicago? Please, no
William Shatner's enthusiam for the Amazon deal shows that the farther you are from having to pay for the Amazon deal, the more likely you are to support it.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 29, 2018
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Apple CEO Tim Cook's undercooked plan to help underserved Chicago schools: $300 iPads; app development for all
Apple CEO Tim Cook's plan to help Chicago schools sounds an awful lot like an Apple internship program.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 27, 2018
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Chicago’s political psychosis has me paging Dr. Freud after last week’s primary
If you want to know why Trump, Rauner, and Rahm are in power, just study the latest election.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Mar 6, 2018
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Georgia gun lovers take bold stand against corporate handouts—for all the wrong reasons
Instead of handing $2.25 billion to Amazon, Chicago could learn from the southern lawmakers who yanked a $40 million tax break from Delta.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Mar 1, 2018
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Trump cuts food stamps while looking for a handout for his hotel in Mississippi
And other recent acts in the season of hypocrisy
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Jan 23, 2018
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Five unfortunate civic traits that make Chicago Bezos bait
Gullibility, docility, and more characteristics that should help convince Jeff Bezos to bring Amazon’s second headquarters to town.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 18, 2018
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Anita Alvarez’s campaign consultants gave her talking points before she announced charges against Jason Van Dyke, and other Chicago news
Also, Chicago is one of Amazon's 20 finalists for its second North American headquarters.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Jan 4, 2018
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Property tax madness!
Homeowners’ rush to avoid losing money on the new Republican tax law is just the latest sign that the system for funding public education remains broken.
