Perspectives
For real reform, Chicago’s next mayor must commit to fixing police union contract
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True accountability requires amending the Fraternal Order of Police contract that shields and encourages misconduct.
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.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Willie Wilson’s wild numbers
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Although he enjoys popularity among some black voters, the ‘anti-politician’ mayoral candidate’s proposals for Chicago don’t add up.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Lincoln Yards and the ‘lords’ of Chicago
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Despite widespread opposition and scandal with involved parties at City Hall, the project could still gain approval and cost taxpayers billions.
Criminal Justice
To build cop academy, Chicago picks AECOM, firm with checkered past
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The Los Angeles-based company has paid more than $285 million in the past four years to settle allegations of wrongdoing.
Criminal Justice
For people with disabilities, Chicago police consent decree takes first steps toward reform
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Officers need more comprehensive training and a dramatically different approach to interacting with one of the country’s most over-policed groups, organizers say.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Will Toni Preckwinkle’s woes boost Susana Mendoza in mayoral race?
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The fallout from Ed Burke’s corruption scandal has affected two frontrunners with close ties to the alderman in surprisingly different ways.
Perspectives
Without unity, Black Chicago could lose the 2019 mayoral election
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Unlike the organized effort that got Harold Washington, the city’s first black mayor, elected in 1983, today’s black leaders may have dropped the ball this election season.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Emanuel shores up downtown development on his way out
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By moving to finance the Lincoln Yards project and expand TIF, the lame-duck mayor cements his legacy of diverting tax dollars away from the pressing needs facing the city.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
On schools, Chicago’s next mayor should really listen to the community
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The failures of Rahm Emanuel’s education policies show the need for an elected school board and more accountability.