Life in Chicago with ICE and the National Guard
Residents and observers have basic questions that remain unanswered
Illinois
Thursday
Saturday
Chicago Public Schools have failed. But there’s another option
Illinois has been offered school choice. Will Governor Pritzker decide in favor of the Chicago Teachers Union or the students it has left behind?
Tuesday
Trump starts Christmas now
Plus: Gerrymandering from sea to shining sea
Monday
Ex-Media Matters influencer runs for Congress
Kat Abughazaleh is challenging 80-year-old incumbent Democrat Jan Schakowsky
Thursday
Splitsville: separatist movements are gaining steam in blue states
The goals aren’t the same in each place — and some movements are far more serious than others
Thursday
Bloomberg Radio disses flyover states
Plus: Liberal podcast bro is first booted from reality show
Thursday
Elon Musk wants your biometric data, please
It will likely include information from your face, eyes and fingers
Sunday
Inside the fight to lure the Chicago Bears to a new home
A county assessor hiked up the team’s property value, and other counties are courting them
Friday
Barack is back… to save the Democratic Party he stymied
Obama is fostering the next generation of leaders after blunting the growth of the previous one
Thursday
Funding frozen for conservative student groups at Northwestern after James Lindsay event
They are set to be punished for a flyer which superimposed a skull and crossbones over a Pride flag
Monday
Illinois high school offers racially segregated math classes
‘This course is restricted to students who identify as Latinx’
Tuesday
Lori Lightfoot gets the boot
The two candidates who made the Chicago mayoral runoff want to swerve her dismal legacy
Wednesday
How teachers’ unions could unwittingly usher in school choice
By supporting wealth taxes, they’re showing they don’t understand the math — naturally
Monday
Lori Lightfoot: footloose and fancy-free as Chicago crime soars
‘When in doubt, dance it out’
Saturday
Is this the end of Lori Lightfoot?
Chicago’s oddball mayor is facing scandal after scandal
Tuesday
The strange rush to politicize the Highland Park massacre
Not all mass shooters are inspired by Trump or Antifa
Friday
Obama’s disappearing legacy
What exactly did he achieve?
Tuesday
Biden bus rolls over Bernie in Florida, Illinois and Arizona
It’ll take more than a global pandemic to stop the 77-year-old asthmatic
Monday
A quick and dirty guide to Chicago’s down and dirty mayoral election
For decades, Chicago has held its elections in February precisely because it is cold, often snowy, and hard to get to the polls
