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Bleader
Jun 6, 2018
In debate over civilian oversight of Chicago police, grassroots proposals win the day
Alderman Ariel Reboyras's two proposals were decried as toothless at the last of five community meetings on proposed police reform ordinances.
By Maya Dukmasova
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Frank Chapman
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Ariel Reboyras
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Harry Osterman
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Carlos Ramirez-Rosa
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Amanda Shackelford
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Gerald Reed
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John Catanzara
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Tom Tunney
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Kevin Graham
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FOP
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police reform
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Police Accountability Task Force
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Rahm Emanuel
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Roderick Sawyer
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Drea Hall
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Ugo Okere
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Bleader
Mar 29, 2017
If your community news is slanted, Dan Proft may be to blame
Proft's right-wing newspaper chain employs overseas writers covering "local" politics, and other questionable practices.
By Michael Miner
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New Trier High School
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Sangamon Sun
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Bleader
Nov 24, 2016
Remembering
Chicago Tribune
reporter Steve Crews
Crews was a humanitarian—and the unofficial poet laureate of his circle of journalism buddies.
By Michael Miner
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Bleader
Jan 27, 2015
The AP—how will it ever learn without its director of training?
Professional training at the AP hangs in the balance after the exec who ran it is fired.
By Michael Miner
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News Media Guild
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Gary Pruitt
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Jessica Bruce
,
Paul Colford
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Bleader
Feb 27, 2012
Wholesome entertainment
Heartwarming family movies deserve more respect. A fancy prize will bring it
By Michael Miner
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Francis Ouimet
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The Saddest Music in the World
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Bleader
Feb 27, 2012
The right move
The New York Times
sets the chess record straight
By Steve Bogira
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Bleader
Feb 27, 2012
Byline: Madame Butterfly
The
Tribune
might want to tell us a little more about columnist Candace Jordan than it does
By Michael Miner
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Bleader
Feb 24, 2012
The
Daily Illini
in trouble
The Daily Illini asks for help from students and alums to survive.
By Michael Miner
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Bleader
Feb 20, 2012
James O'Shea announces a halt
James O'Shea announces a halt at the Chicago News Cooperative
By Michael Miner
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Bleader
Feb 17, 2012
CNC shutting down
Chicago News Cooperative is folding
By Michael Miner
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,
MacArthur Foundation
Blogs
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Bleader
Feb 17, 2012
Once
upon a time in Chicago
Photography helps carry a fictional story about Chicago in the new issue of
Once
magazine
By Michael Miner
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Bleader
Feb 14, 2012
The show's aged better than the write-up
Gains have been made in drama criticism
By Michael Miner
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Bleader
Feb 13, 2012
MSM failing to bring major advertisers online — Pew study
Pew reports MSM isn't bringing along its legacy advertisers as it moves online
By Michael Miner
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Blogs
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Bleader
Feb 10, 2012
Bill Mullen
William Mullen of the
Chicago Tribune
retires
By Michael Miner
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Anne Keegan
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Len Aaronson
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Sean Toolan
,
Chicago Tribune
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Bleader
Feb 10, 2012
There was a little churl . . .
George Will compared Gingrich to whose horrid little girl?
By Michael Miner
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,
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,
Eldorado
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Bleader
Feb 9, 2012
Video
Alinsky and Terkel, talking
Saul Alinsky talks with Studs Terkel
By Michael Miner
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First Unitarian Church of Chicago
,
Video
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Bleader
Feb 8, 2012
Do newspapers think we can't see who's missing?
When editors disappear, readers notice they're gone
By Michael Miner
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Oak Park
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Wednesday Journal
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Bleader
Feb 6, 2012
Hail, Hail, to Michigan!
The front-runner looks forward to the Michigan primary
By Michael Miner
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Bleader
Feb 3, 2012
The Facebook paradox
Pew reports that we get more from Facebook than we give
By Michael Miner
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Bleader
Feb 2, 2012
Mick Dumke wins Studs Terkel Award
The
Reader
's Mick Dumke wins a Studs Terkel Award
By Michael Miner
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Chicago Reader
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Thom Clark
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Ben Joravsky
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John Conroy
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Kari Lydersen
Blogs
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Bleader
Jan 31, 2012
The good old supernatural
Call it magic, but don't call it passe
By Michael Miner
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Jerry Kubicki
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A Dubious Dream
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Lola James
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Bound to Remember
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Bleader
Jan 30, 2012
Alinsky and Gingrich—separated at mirth? Alinsky's son speaks
David Alinsky sees some of his father's tactics in the right's attacks on his father
By Michael Miner
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Barack Obama
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Philip Klein
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Washington Examiner
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Eric Zorn
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Chicago Tribune
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NIcholas von Hoffman
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Hillary Clinton
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New Republic
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Michael Kazin
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Catholic Church
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Bleader
Jan 26, 2012
We have that guy right where he wants us
After the presidential address, the opposition broods
By Michael Miner
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Zimbabwe
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Bleader
Jan 25, 2012
Watching in awe
The Republican primaries—theocrats in action
By Michael Miner
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Ronald Reagan
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Margaret Thatcher
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Tina Hampton
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Terry Lakin
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Eric Zorn
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Ron Paul
,
American exceptionalism
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Bleader
Jan 24, 2012
We're the
Tribune
, and we endorse this endorsement
The
Sun-Times
swears off political endorsements; the Tribune promises to keep endorsing.
By Michael Miner
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