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- 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 25, 2016
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Even the Rust Belt's own magazine didn't see this election coming
Trump's victory in the Rust Belt surprised even Belt magazine.
- Arts & Culture, Lit Feature Nov 23, 2016
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Walter Benn Michaels on how liberals still love diversity and ignore inequality
A conversation with the UIC professor whose controversial 2006 polemic The Trouble with Diversity now looks prescient
- 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 15, 2016
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Looking back on our bummer election
And how to think about looking forward.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 9, 2016
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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.
- Columns & Opinion, Identity & Culture Nov 2, 2016
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Political parties need to get with the country’s changing demographics—or get left behind
The real takeaway from the 2016 presidential campaign
- News & Politics, Politics Nov 1, 2016
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Ajamu Baraka rejects the ‘lesser evil’ of Hillary Clinton and the Democrats
The Green Party vice presidential nominee and Chicago native says pushing Hillary to the left won’t work.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 31, 2016
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Queen for president, Trudeau for regent
Maybe it's not too late to rethink this independence business.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 25, 2016
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Can Cubs fans bleed blue while seeing red over the Ricketts family’s support of Trump?
Cubs supporters have mostly disregarded the Ricketts family’s extensive financial ties to Donald Trump’s campaign.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 17, 2016
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The one thing Trump and Clinton supporters agree on
A new Pew study finds voters don't agree on basic facts.
- Columns & Opinion, Identity & Culture Aug 30, 2016
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Trump needs to keep Chicago’s name out of his mouth
When you mention our name, Trump, put some “respeck” on it.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 16, 2016
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Let's cover the elections like we cover the Olympics
There should be a cable channel for every election issue.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 28, 2016
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Scenes from the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia
The politicians, protesters, and celebs at the DNC
- News & Politics, Politics Nov 7, 2012
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He's got this
Reports from across Chicago as the votes for President Obama came rolling in
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 7, 2012
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But what if Romney had won the election?
This is the cover we'd have run if Romney-the-President had appealed to Latinos, unmarried women, and young people
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 6, 2012
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Election picks that can't miss, based on years of research and random guesswork
A rundown of likely winners and losers in the big 2012 election
- 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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Romney campaign looks for any port in a storm
Hurricane Sandy's put it in a tight spot
- News & Politics, Politics Oct 25, 2012
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Still hoping for change
Four years later, five Chicagoans reflect on the president they helped elect
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 4, 2012
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Time to throw Grandma back under the bus
Romney bored in while Obama just looked bored
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 4, 2011
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I guess there's WTF, and then major-grade WTF
Sarah Palin continues to make no sense.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 3, 2008
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Swing states
The Reader's poll-watchers take the auspices, as it were, and predict which swing states will go for which presidential candidate.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 10, 2008
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10/11 -- DIY political T-shirts and buttons
10/11 -- DIY political T-shirts and buttons