Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Rahm Emanuel tries his hand at fiction. And the media is buying it.
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In a media misinformation blitz, the outgoing mayor rewrites his record on police reform and schools.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
It’s time to reopen Chicago’s closed mental health clinics
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As officials revisit one of Rahm Emanuel’s most controversial policies, providers have different ideas for how to restore care to the many patients who have fallen through the cracks.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
The Chicago police union’s ‘alternative facts’ on police reform
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Fraternal Order of Police President Kevin Graham continues to stonewall on adopting measures that are standard practice at departments across the country.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Where will the jobs go? Next chapter in Lincoln Yards saga offers few answers
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With a new mayor and a lawsuit challenging the Lincoln Yards TIF, basic questions about the future of the industrial corridor may be open again.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Police in schools, gang database scandals offer Lightfoot first test on reform
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While the Chicago Police Department ignores official recommendations for community engagement, students and communities of color continue to be criminalized.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Lincoln Yards investor Lone Star Funds accused of predatory lending
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Lone Star Funds, one of two major investors in the TIF-backed Lincoln Yards project, has a business model that aggressively drives up foreclosures and evictions in low-income communities, according to reports.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
A new Chicago Way? Lightfoot and progressives poised to change the city’s direction
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The watershed mayoral election ushers in a new political landscape, setting the stage for a crop of young activists joining the City Council.
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.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Lightfoot’s long, complicated record on policing easy to distort
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The mayoral candidate’s reformist persona is being challenged by hardline police accountability activists.
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.