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- City Life, Public Service Announcement Oct 16, 2020
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Pop out for some pop-ups
Upcoming events and recommendations from our listings coordinator
- News & Politics, News Mar 12, 2020
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A Chicagoan’s guide to the voting process
What to expect when you’re expecting to vote
- 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, Feature Feb 4, 2019
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‘Don't push us out’
The First and 26th Wards will vote on a nonbinding referendum that asks whether Illinois should li ft the ban on rent control—prohibited in the state since 1997.
- News & Politics, Feature Nov 2, 2018
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A Visual Voter’s Guide
These images from Chicago protests over the last two years will spur you toward the ballot box.
- 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 Sep 28, 2018
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Chicago Votes launches Give a Shit Weekend to get young people in Chicago excited about election season
The nonprofit organization is using art and culture to get young people in the city excited about voting in a world where politics are "pretty boring, pretty old, and pretty white."
- Blogs, Bleader May 7, 2018
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Are 16-year-olds smart enough to vote? Vote16 Illinois thinks so
Some students are pushing Chicago and Illinois to follow the lead of other places that lowered the voting age recently.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 8, 2018
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This International Women's Day female political participation goes beyond pussy hats and ‘Pussy Power’
This International Women's Day, more women report that they're planning to vote, become activists, or run for office themselves.
- 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.
- 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.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Nov 9, 2016
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Chicago’s new, frightening reality: A blue city in the red nation
Chicago fears the worst as Trump sweeps the nation.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 9, 2016
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No group voted ‘never Trump’ as strong as black women
Although black women were Hillary Clinton’s strongest block of support, in Chicago they expressed mixed feelings at the polls.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 8, 2016
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Dispatch from Chicago's Trumplandia
At the polls with Chicago's anti-establishment southwest siders
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 8, 2016
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‘It feels like we're screwed either way’: Latinos vote with mix of apathy and trepidation
Voters in Pilsen and Little Village cast ballots in an election marked by hateful rhetoric about immigrants.
- 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
- 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.
- Columns & Opinion, Identity & Culture Aug 23, 2016
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Dear Governor Rauner: Voter fraud isn’t a thing
Voter fraud is a disproven and even racist myth aimed at voter suppression.
- Blogs, Bleader May 3, 2016
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A visual history of the black vote
In this election year, we look back at the history of black voter mobilization in Chicago and in the south.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 15, 2016
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A brief visual history of black voter mobilization in Chicago
Check out these archival photos of moments in the history of black voter mobilization in Chicago.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 15, 2016
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The case against vote-shaming the black community
During election time, thinly veiled threats are used to keep the black community in line.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 16, 2014
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Best of Chicago 2014 voting is
now openalmost over!May 12 is Monday, and that's when all votes are final.
- Blogs, Bleader May 22, 2013
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What are you waiting for? Today's the last day to vote for Best of Chicago!
The deadline is midnight tonight.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 9, 2012
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Web comics: now more than just PDFs
A couple of new and interactive web comics may point the way to the future of graphic novels online