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- Best of Chicago, Music & Nightlife Mar 17, 2021
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The pandemic pushed indoor music into the parks
Saxophonist Dave Rempis and drummer Tyler Damon played regular concerts in Margate Park this past summer and fall.
- News & Politics, Feature Dec 3, 2020
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Chinese-speaking poll workers reflect on historic election
Amid a pandemic and spike in anti-Asian attacks, being an election judge in 2020 was about supporting democracy and taking a stance against racism.
- Music, The Listener Nov 16, 2020
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Tierra Whack embodies Philly’s transformative party energy
The city’s been in the news a lot lately, and some of the reasons are way better than Four Seasons Total Landscaping.
- Music, The Listener Nov 2, 2020
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Serena Isioma has an antidote for election anxiety
The Chicago bedroom-pop songwriter can give your brain a 15-minute vacation with the Sensitive EP.
- News & Politics, Feature Sep 8, 2020
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Lessons from March election chaos: Recruit poll workers, young and early
Chicago election officials seek paid election judges in November, especially those who are multilingual.
- News & Politics, Politics Mar 20, 2020
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Who voted for Iris Martinez?
Maybe she was the most qualified candidate in the clerk of the Circuit Court race. Or maybe she had the best name.
- News & Politics, Feature Jan 29, 2020
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Objection!
Who needs Facebook and Russian trolls when Illinois election laws sow plenty of bad faith?
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Feb 22, 2019
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High stakes in the mayoral election
Chicago voters finally get another chance to elect a mayor who won't tax the poor to feed the rich.
- News & Politics, Politics Feb 13, 2019
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Early voting is open across Chicago
Cast your ballot for mayor, city clerk, city treasurer, and alderman now through February 25 at more than 50 sites across the city.
- News & Politics, Politics Feb 4, 2019
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Can Toni Preckwinkle distance herself from the machine?
She's tried to position herself as a progressive outsider but still has a reputation as the "Boss."
- News & Politics, Feature Jan 28, 2019
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Archive Dive: A look back at the 1983 mayoral election
David Moberg offers a guide for the perplexed.
- News & Politics, Politics Jan 18, 2019
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No more Joe Moore? The 49th Ward prepares to vote . . . or not
In what could be the 28-year incumbent’s toughest race yet, a changing Rogers Park considers another option.
- News & Politics, Politics Jan 17, 2019
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Is Lori Lightfoot really the progressive candidate?
Does the reform candidate stand a chance in post-Rahm Chicago?
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Nov 16, 2018
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Joravsky's advice for the Republican Party
And some for progressives, too.
- News & Politics, Politics Nov 1, 2018
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Efforts to turn Cook County Jail into a polling location persist following governor’s veto
A legislative effort to allow Illinois inmates to exercise their right to vote continues despite Governor Rauner's veto of the bill.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 15, 2018
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Where and what to vote for this midterm election in Chicago
You’ll have to decide on the who by yourself.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 14, 2018
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Right-wing Twitter propaganda bots pumping up Jeanne Ives campaign for governor, study finds
The vast majority of Twitter posts in the Illinois governor's race last week were in favor of Ives, a University of Illinois student found.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 2, 2017
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Ta-Nehisi Coates didn’t come here to give you any answers
The writer and public intellectual fielded questions from a packed audience in Evanston Tuesday night, but said he had few answers to offer about journalism in the age of Trump.
- Columns & Opinion, Identity & Culture Dec 21, 2016
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Don’t blame ‘identity politics’ for what went wrong in 2016
We marginalized folks didn't start this garbage fire.
- Columns & Opinion, Identity & Culture Dec 6, 2016
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Let’s ditch the Electoral College for the sake of minority voters
It might help bring disenfranchised or disillusioned voters back into the fold.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 30, 2016
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What was the white working class thinking by supporting Trump? I asked my white working-class brother.
A chat with a member of the demographic that's been applauded and demonized for Trump's election.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 17, 2016
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Advice from Angela Davis in the aftermath of the election
“We will have to struggle over the coming period as we have never struggled before,” said the famed radical feminist. “Freedom is a constant struggle."
- Columns & Opinion, Identity & Culture Nov 16, 2016
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We don't need ‘unity’ after Trump's election. We need resistance.
He's #NotMyPresident.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 10, 2016
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The Reader wants your music stories against Trumpism
This publication is committed to telling stories that refute Trump's bigotry, sexism, and hate—and that goes for the music section too.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 10, 2016
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A tale of two covers
The Reader quickly had to change its plans for the week's cover illustration based on election results.
