In many ways, the image of a QAnon shaman wearing a bearskin Viking hat howling “stop the steal” through the halls of Congress is the perfect encapsulation of Trump’s used-car salesman version…
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Seven Hundred and Sixty-Nine
2020 was a year of murder. Murder rates were up across America's major…
The Legalization of Affordable Housing
The legalization of affordable housing. That is what the Chicago City Council did…
The Real Error in Judgment is Voting for Tom Tunney
"An error in judgment." That was 44th Ward Alderperson Tom Tunney's response to…
Frank A. Stauber: Chicago’s First Socialist Alderman
Today, there is no 526 North Milwaukee Avenue. The numbers jump from 518…
Chicago’s Budgets Are an Exercise in Pain Management
The first time around, it was scotch and a cigar. That is how…
Bob Reiter’s Defense of Mike Madigan is Indefensible
There was no reason for Madigan to suspect it was over. After all,…
Politicians Are Clowns, But The Circus Is Capitalism
Rod Blagojevich is a clown. As the Trump campaign desperately tries to find…
In the Time of Monsters
There are times when a victory is a failure. For Democrats, this is…
What Restaurant Workers Want is Respect for Their Labor: An interview with ROC-United Organizer Ali Baker
MRR: You work for an organization called the Restaurant Opportunity Center-United [ROC-United]. Tell…
Lodge 7 of the Fraternal Order of Police is Not a Labor Union
During Chicago's police accountability protests, John Catanzara—the Chicago the president of Lodge 7…
How Milwaukee’s Sewer Socialists Prepared the City for a Pandemic
Historians and epidemiologists have compared the COVID-19 outbreak to the Spanish Flu of…