Articles
Clear Filters
Loading...
23 results
- News & Politics, Politics Feb 1, 2019
-
-
Can #AnybodyButMitts win in the 37th Ward?
Incumbent alderman faces two challengers and a new hashtag.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 4, 2018
-
-
I guess we won’t have Rahm to kick around anymore
In a surprise decision, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has announced he won't seek a third term in office.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 3, 2018
-
-
Mental health advocates are battling self-proclaimed ‘gangster’ alderman Willie Cochran over an empty lot
Organizers of a pop-up mental health services project in Woodlawn vow to fight imminent eviction.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 13, 2018
-
-
Father Pfleger, top cop Johnson, and a tinge of hope for the city’s future
Police superintendent Eddie Johnson and Father Michael Pfleger teaming up, as they did walking arm in arm down the Dan Ryan last week, could help us fight the city's inequities.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 3, 2018
-
-
Rahm makes a joke out of Quinn's term-limit push, but voters could have last laugh
Once again, the mayor is packing the ballot trying to kill a referendum—this one would knock him out of office.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Mar 1, 2018
-
-
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 Jun 27, 2017
-
-
Where were the Illinois gubernatorial candidates when we really needed them?
It’s good to see Democrats moving to the left as the gubernatorial primary ramps up—but what have they done for you lately?
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 23, 2017
-
-
If only Chicago had been as cavalier about NATO gatherings as Trump is
As the secretary of state snubs NATO, we remember the raw deal that was the 2012 NATO summit in Chicago.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 22, 2016
-
-
Angered by homicides, activists leave coffins at Rahm Emanuel’s home
“Behind each of these deaths is a failure,” activists said.
- Blogs, Bleader May 12, 2016
-
-
Mayor Rahm unveils plan for 'equity and balance' in development
The mayor and his planning commissioner try to convince the public that developing rich neighborhoods is good for everyone.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 31, 2015
-
-
Hey, Mayor Rahm, reopen the mental health clinics!
Looking to blame someone or something for the failures of his reign, Mayor Rahm discovers "mental health crises" four years after he closed mental health clinics in low-income, high-crime neighborhoods.
- News & Politics, Essay Dec 29, 2015
-
-
In Chicago, mental health workers are armed and dangerous
For blacks with mental illness, the odds of coming away from an encounter with police unscathed are stacked overwhelmingly against them.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 4, 2015
-
-
'Mayor Garcia' sounds pretty good to me
You've got a big chance to take this city in a different direction, Chicago—don't mess it up.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 31, 2014
-
-
Alderman Joe Moore explains his choice of beer and support for Rahm
The 49th Ward alderman says he backs Mayor Emanuel for his "progressive" record.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 22, 2014
-
-
Sheriff Dart: It's time to stop packing the jail
In an interview at the Hideout, the Cook County sheriff discusses the intersection between mental illness and the jail.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Aug 5, 2014
-
-
How the city cut funds for mental health patients—and spied on them instead
The revealing story of undercover officers Mo and Gloves
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Jul 29, 2014
-
-
Rahm still hasn't told the public why he closed mental health clinics
A City Council hearing on the clinic closings is canceled almost as soon as it's announced.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics May 13, 2014
-
-
Rahm reels toward his reelection bid
A new poll is the latest sign that Mayor Emanuel could be in trouble.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Nov 5, 2013
-
-
The people sound off on Mayor Emanuel's budget—but he's not listening
The City Council's progressive caucus holds a budget hearing, because someone has to.
- News & Politics, Feature Aug 21, 2013
-
-
A new generation of activists fights injustice, from school cuts to Trayvon Martin
Activists aren't waiting for another movement (or another Martin Luther King) to push for change.
- Blogs, Bleader May 22, 2013
-
-
Looks like Governor Quinn will have to save us from Mayor Rahm—again!
Let's add Governor Quinn's name to the long list of people Mayor Rahm won't talk to.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 17, 2013
-
-
How would Mayor Emanuel treat the Ricketts family if they were poor?
Let's say as poor and powerless as the people whose schools and mental health clinics he's closing
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Mar 26, 2013
-
-
Before the schools, Mayor Emanuel closed the clinics
Advocates fight for patients a year after Rahm shuttered mental health clinics across the city.