Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Lightfoot administration waffles on ending driver’s license suspensions
|
Ticket fine reform is coming to Chicago, but one key measure requires state legislation.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
In 232-page report, Lightfoot’s transition tees up housing initiatives, TIF reform
|
All of the proposals are important, but addressing the affordable housing shortfall will require that the Chicago Housing Authority return to its original mission of directly providing housing.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Rahm Emanuel tries his hand at fiction. And the media is buying it.
|
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
|
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
Lincoln Yards investor Lone Star Funds accused of predatory lending
|
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
|
The watershed mayoral election ushers in a new political landscape, setting the stage for a crop of young activists joining the City Council.
Chicago Election 2019
Latinx voters could determine the next mayor of Chicago, if they show up
|
Both the Lightfoot and Preckwinkle campaigns are courting Latinx voters, who have historically voted along identity politics in recent Chicago elections.
Perspectives
Will Chicago’s mayoral runoff signal the end of the ‘rainbow’ coalition?
|
With a black mayor at the helm once again, it remains to be seen whether a Harold Washington-style African-American and Latino coalition can emerge to fight for socioeconomic and political parity with whites in Chicago.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Lightfoot’s long, complicated record on policing easy to distort
|
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
|
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.