Switch to the mobile version of this page.

- Username
- View Profile
- Edit Profile
- Log Out
- Log in
- Create Account

The Chicago Reader

Articles

Loading...

Blogs, Bleader Feb 14, 2018
Video
High-ranking Chicago Police commander Paul Bauer shot and killed near the Thompson Center, and other Chicago news

Also, City Council Black Caucus chair Roderick Sawyer criticizes Garry McCarthy for being "disrespectful to black people."
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago Police Department, Paul Bauer, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Thompson Center, gun violence, John Hancock Center, Roderick Sawyer, Garry McCarthy, Election 2019, City Council, City Council Black Caucus, Southwest Air, Midway International Airport, winter weather, Winter Olympics, Pyeongchang, South Korea, P.F. Chang's, Father and Son Pizza, restaurant closings, ABC 7 Chicago, Video

Blogs, Bleader Feb 12, 2018
Shootings and homicides decrease as carjackings surge, and other Chicago news

Also, Chicago matches snowfall record with nine straight days of measurable snow.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, gun violence, gang violence, carjackings, winter weather, National Weather Service, Garry McCarthy, Chicago Bears, Irish American Heritage Center, SEIU, Steve McMichael, Dan Hampton, Otis Wilson, Mike Adamle, Ed O'Bradovich, Election 2019, Chicago Police Department, Xerox, Cook County, Joe Berrios, Fritz Kaegi, Joseph Berrios, Election 2018, Chicago Cubs, Yu Darvish, Los Angeles Dodgers, World Series, Jake Arrieta

Blogs, Bleader Feb 8, 2018
Video
Poll: Daniel Biss catching up to front-runner J.B. Pritzker in gubernatorial primary after wiretap controversy, and other Chicago news

Also, Canadian prime minister Trudeau wouldn't let David Axelrod push him into discussing Trump.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Election 2018, J.B. Pritzker, Daniel Biss, Chris Kennedy, Rod Blagojevich, Justin Trudeau, University of Chicago, David Axelrod, Justin Trudeau, Donald Trump, NAFTA, trade issues, winter weather, Norge Ski Club, Olympics, Steve Bannon, Veggie Grill, restaurant openings, vegetarian food, Video

Blogs, Bleader Feb 6, 2018
Arrests for marijuana in Chicago hit a historic low in 2017, and other Chicago news

Also, it's so cold that even the Navy Pier Ferris wheel closed.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, bond rating, Bruce Rauner, cannabis, Chicago, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Theatre, Donald Trump, drug-related arrests, Election 2016, Election 2018, food festivals, halal food, Henry County, Hillary Clinton, I Heart Halal Festival, Illinois, marijuana, Navy Pier, Navy Pier Ferris wheel, neo-Nazis, pension crisis, pot, State of the Union address, winter weather

Blogs, Bleader Jan 8, 2018
Video
Opponent calls Rauner’s move into Quincy veterans’ home a ‘cynical and transparent publicity stunt,’ and other Chicago news

Also, it's so cold that even rats are freezing to death.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Bruce Rauner, Jeanne Ives, Election 2018, Illinois Veterans Home, Legionnaires' disease, Rahm Emanuel, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Chris Kennedy, rats, winter weather, Teamsters, Chicago Police Department, Cosmo Goss, the Publican, Pacific Standard Time, Erling Wu-Bower, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jan 5, 2018
Bruce Rauner: Congressional GOP tax plan ‘punishing’ for Illinois, and other Chicago news

Also, more than 600 complaints have come in about landlords breaking the city's heat ordinance.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Congress, Republican Party, Bruce Rauner, taxes, Chicago Police Department, Fraternal Order of Police, Kevin Graham, police body cameras, winter weather, Cinespace Film Studios, Empire, Chicago Fire, Chicago filming, Apple, Fine Arts Building, manually operated elevators, Alex Pissios, Nick Mirkopoulos, Robert Berger

Blogs, Bleader Jan 2, 2018
Report: George Papadopoulos told Australian diplomat that Russia had dirt on Hillary Clinton, and other Chicago news

Also, the cold caused a glass panel to crack in the new Apple flagship store.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, George Papadopoulos, Robert Mueller, Donald Trump, Russia, Hillary Clinton, Election 2016, DNC, Rahm Emanuel, Apple, Apple Store, Chicago Bears, John Fox, winter weather, Man's Country

Blogs, Bleader Feb 28, 2017
Video
CPS will have to end current school year 20 days early without more state funding, and other Chicago news

Also, Pitchfork's headliners are Solange, LCD Soundsystem and A Tribe Called Quest.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Chicago Public Schools, State of Illinois, education, Bruce Rauner, Donald Trump, White House, National Governors Association, Eddie Johnson, Chicago Police Department, FBI, winter weather, National Weather Service, Pitchfork Festival, Union Park, Solange, LCD Soundsystem, A Tribe Called Quest, Chance the Rapper, Video

Blogs, Bleader Feb 22, 2017
Video
Unseasonably warm February weather explained, and other Chicago news

Also, the City Council will vote on a proposed downtown street performance crackdown Wednesday.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, City Council, Raymond Lopez, anti-violence, gun violence, property taxes, Brendan Reilly, street performers, Drew Peterson, Stacy Peterson, Kathleen Savio, criminal justice, Hamilton, Rockefeller Foundation, winter weather, warm weather, National Weather Service, bar openings, Video

Blogs, Bleader Feb 16, 2017
Video
Rauner urges state legislators to pass the Illinois senate's ‘grand bargain,’ and other Chicago news

Also, the list of Beard Award semifinalists is full of Chicagoans.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Bruce Rauner, state budget impasse, Michael Madigan, Illinois General Assembly, gun violence, gang violence, James Beard Awards, food, restaurants, Lost Lake, Topolobampo, Tony Mantuano, Spiaggia, Sepia, Carrie Nahabedian, Naha, Maple & Ash, Boka, Covenant House, shelters, youth homelessness, homelessness, Chance the Rapper, Donald Trump, winter weather, Video

Blogs, Bleader Dec 21, 2016
Mendoza and Munger continue to spar even though the comptroller's race is over, and other Chicago news

Also, former Mayor Daley is scheduled for deposition in January in a Jon Burge-related torture lawsuit.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Susana Mendoza, Illinois Comptroller, Leslie Munger, Springfield, Richard M. Daley, Jon Burge, police torture, Chicago, winter weather, gun violence, gang violence, Christkindlmarket, Daley Plaza, terrorism, Berlin, Caddyshack, Bill Murray, Rosemont, restaurant openings, Mad Men, Joel Murray

Blogs, Bleader Dec 19, 2016
Illinois's prison population dropped 9.1 percent under Rauner, and other Chicago news

Also, it was so cold Sunday that Chicago Bears QB Matt Barkley was wearing a wet suit under his uniform.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, winter weather, Bruce Rauner, criminal justice reform, Illinois Department of Corrections, Rahm Emanuel, Urban Prep, charter schools, Chicago Public Schools, Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump, Independent Police Review Authority, Ronald Johnson III, Chicago Police Department, Chance the Rapper, Barack Obama, Ken Bennett, Saturday Night Live, Kenan Thompson, Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, Soldier Field, Matt Barkley

Blogs, Bleader Dec 15, 2016
Alderman Willie Cochran indicted by grand jury for wire fraud, bribery, and extortion charges, and other Chicago news

Also, Rahm makes a surprise pick to replace Susana Mendoza as city clerk.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Willie Cochran, City Council, Faisal Khan, Chicago, 20th ward, Anna Valencia, Susana Mendoza, Latino Caucus, Rahm Emanuel, gun violence, gang violence, Kanye West, Donald Trump, winter weather, Chiberia

Blogs, Bleader Apr 6, 2016
Overtime cost the Chicago Police Department more than $116 million in 2015, and other news

Also, test your constitutional law knowledge with one of Professor Barack Obama’s final exams.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, spring weather, Chicago Police Department, gun violence, Anthony Beale, Chicago crime, winter weather, University of Chicago, University of Chicago Law School, Barack Obama, Stephen Colbert, Nick Offerman, Second City, Minooka, weddings

Blogs, Bleader Apr 1, 2016
Video
Chicago police union hires Jason Van Dyke, and other news

Also, don't rule out a 2019 mayoral run from Cook County sheriff Tom Dart.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, winter weather, spring weather, Jason Van Dyke, Laquan McDonald, Fraternal Order of Police, Chicago Police Department, Laquan McDonald, Michael Pfleger, Tom Dart, Cook County Sheriff, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, mayoral race, economics, unemployment, West Side, South Side, Shinola, manufacturing, Wells Community Academy High School, Video

Blogs, Bleader Mar 31, 2016
Chicago State University tells employees to turn in their keys, and other news

Also, Drew Peterson is back: Illinois Supreme Court agrees to hear the disgraced former cop's murder conviction appeal.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, winter weather, spring weather, Chicago State University, Illinois budget, Bruce Rauner, Karen Lewis, Chicago Teachers Union, Chicago Public Schools, Drew Peterson, Illinois Supreme Court, Bolingbrook, Will County, James Glasgow, Duncan Keith, Chicago Blackhawks, Stanley Cup playoffs, Jeanne Gang, Wanda Vista Tower, construction

Blogs, Bleader Mar 30, 2016
Chicago's disturbing violence surge: shootings up 80 percent, and other news

Also, Chicago Public Schools will open more than 250 sites for students during one-day teachers' strike.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, winter weather, spring weather, gun violence, shootings, Chicago Bulls, Jimmy Butler, Derrick Rose, Fred Hoiberg, Gar Forman, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, CTA, CTU, Donald Trump, UIC Pavilion, Donald Trump Jr., Dick Wolf, Chicago Justice

Blogs, Bleader Mar 29, 2016
What's driving the mass exodus out of Chicago, and other news

Also, the new interim CPD chief reportedly isn't a shoo-in for the permanent job.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, winter weather, spring weather, population, gun violence, South Side, anti-violence movement, State of Illinois, Election Day, voter registration, state budget impasse, Eddie Johnson, Chicago Police Department, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Cubs, Seattle Mariners, Jason Heyward, spring training

Blogs, Bleader Mar 28, 2016
Chicago Teachers Union is taking its planned Friday strike very seriously, and other news

Also, the Blackhawks make the Stanley Cup playoffs.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, winter weather, spring weather, Chicago Teachers Union, Karen Lewis, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Blackhawks, Stanley Cup playoffs, Rod Blagojevich, U.S. Supreme Court, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Police Department, Eddie Johnson, Chicago City Council, Caitlyn Jenner, reality TV, Chicago House, transgender issues

Blogs, Bleader Mar 25, 2016
March Madness takes over the United Center, and other Chicago news

Also, the Independent Police Review Authority brings in outside lawyers to review past police shootings, and more.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, winter weather, spring weather, NCAA tournament, March Madness, United Center, census, Illinois, Independent Police Review Authority, Sharon Fairley, Wrigley Field, Chicago Cubs, security, Rogers Park, gun violence

Blogs, Bleader Mar 24, 2016
Police officer Jason Van Dyke doesn't want to attend his own murder trial, and more Chicago news

RIP Winnetka Section Eight voucher holder, Anthony Bourdain explores Chicago, a speculative history of Carmelo Anthony as a Bull, and more news.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, winter weather, spring weather, Laquan McDonald, Jason Van Dyke, gun violence, food, Chicago Food Film Fest, Anthony Bourdain, Little Village, Pilsen, Paseo trail, Chicago Bulls, New York Knicks, Carmelo Anthony, Winnetka, Section 8

Blogs, Bleader Mar 23, 2016
Developers try to hide giant Chicago Spire hole and other news

Also, a Rockford IceHogs player is charged with a felony for revenge porn.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, winter weather, spring weather, Chicago Spire, economy, University of Illinois at Chicago, gun violence, Auburn Gresham, construction, real estate, University of Chicago, Chicago Blackhawks, Lake Michigan, Chicago River, the Alliance for the Great Lakes, Chicago Park District, Marteace Tiffith

Blogs, Bleader Mar 22, 2016
Cubs manager Joe Maddon isn't in the clubhouse 'to make rules' and other Chicago news

Also, a finalist for Chicago Police Department chief is critical of Rahm's handling of Laquan McDonald case.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, winter weather, spring weather, Chicago Cubs, Joe Maddon, Chicago White Sox, real estate, Rahm Emanuel, Laquan McDonald, Anita Alvarez, Chicago Police Department, Chicago City Council, pets, Rachael Ray, South by Southwest, festivals, Feedback Festival

Blogs, Bleader Mar 21, 2016
A movie about mobsters Tony Accardo and Sam Giancana is in the works and other Chicago news

Also, LCD Soundsystem, Radiohead, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers dominate Lollapalooza rumors.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, winter weather, spring weather, organized crime, Chicago Outfit, mafia, mob, Sam Giancana, Tony Accardo, Michael Mann, Marilyn Monroe, Public Enemies, Al Capone, Lollapalooza, Radiohead, Lana Del Rey, LCD Soundsystem, Red Hot Chili Peppers, J. Cole, Chicago Police Department, City of Chicago, Howard Brookins Jr., 606 Trail, Paseo trail, Little Village, Pilsen, South by Southwest, Austin, Tinder

Blogs, Bleader Mar 18, 2016
The White Sox clubhouse is reportedly full of drama and other Chicago news

Also, Uptown residents are asking the mayor to shut down a tent city.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, winter weather, spring weather, Chicago White Sox, Adam LaRoche, Kenny Williams, Chris Sale, Uptown, Rahm Emanuel, Leslie Munger, Illinois, CTA, el trains, West Ridge, cat cafes, animal shelters, Chicago City Council

1 2 3 next »

Browse by Issue

Other Searches