Perspectives: The Powers That Be
A perplexed progressive’s guide to Chicago’s mayoral election
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Heated rhetoric in the race between Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle obscures consensus on a broad range of policy proposals.
Criminal Justice
Report: Illinois’ Countering Violent Extremism programs struggle to gain community partners
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Advocates have long criticized CVE as a ‘softer’ approach to unwarranted surveillance that enlists community members to track harmless, constitutionally protected behavior and activities as precursors to violence.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
An ‘appetite for independence’ in the 40th Ward
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Longtime Ald. Patrick O’Connor, forced into a runoff for the first time, faces progressive challenger Andre Vasquez – and his record as a mayoral loyalist may not help him.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
In historic runoff, a battle for Chicago’s “progressive” future
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Frontrunners in the mayoral and aldermanic races ran campaigns against Rahm Emanuel’s record but will need to be pushed to clarify their progressive policy agendas for the runoff.
Chicago Election 2019
Heated runoff in Chicago’s most diverse precinct
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One 25th Ward precinct is the only polling place in the city that provides dual language paper ballots in Spanish, Hindi, and Chinese.
Chicago Election 2019
High turnover of aldermen stymies development in Chicago’s 7th Ward
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Candidates for the South Side ward agree on community needs, but will the next alderman stick around long enough to see them through? History says no.
Chicago Election 2019
In Chicago’s 37th Ward, longtime incumbent faces new blood and new ideas
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Emma Mitts is facing challengers who are seeing support in the West Side ward, slated to become the site of a controversial new police academy.
Chicago Election 2019
Here’s what you should know about the millions fueling Chicago’s aldermanic races
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Rahm and J.B. are the leading donors; unions play an outsized role; your cable bill may be paying to support your alderman; and more.
Government and Politics
Lawsuit challenging the Obama Presidential Center location to move forward
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A federal judge ruled that Protect Our Parks’ lawsuit against the use of Jackson Park for the center should not be tossed, as the city requested.
Perspectives
Illinois’ not-quite-‘automatic’ voter registration could disadvantage citizens of color
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Slow implementation of the law impeded registration for the midterm election and could do the same for Chicago’s upcoming municipal elections.